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| EX-3.1 - EX-3.1 - TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC. | d579377dex31.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
August 6, 2013
DATE OF REPORT
(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
| Delaware |
001-32352 | 26-0075658 | ||
| (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION) |
(COMMISSION FILE NO.) | (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.) |
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)
(212) 852-7000
(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
| ¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
| Item 5.03 | Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On August 6, 2013 and effective as of the same day, the Board of Directors of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws to include a new Article XI (the “Amendment”) which provides that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of or otherwise elects an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders, (iii) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The Amendment also provides that any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Company shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provision.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | The following exhibit is being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K. |
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated By-laws of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| NEWS CORPORATION (REGISTRANT) | ||
| By: |
/s/ Janet Nova | |
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| Janet Nova | ||
| Executive Vice President and Deputy Group General Counsel | ||
Dated: August 6, 2013
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated By-laws of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. | |