UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





FORM 8-K





CURRENT REPORT



PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 1, 2016







(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)





Commission file number: 1-33741









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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.



On August 2, 2016, A. H. Belo Corporation announced its consolidated financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2016.   A copy of the announcement press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.



Effective August 1, 2016, the Board of Directors of A. H. Belo Corporation (the “Company”) approved the termination of the Company’s Pension Transition Supplement Restoration Plan.  Two executive officers, James M. Moroney III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Robert W. Decherd, Vice Chairman of the Board, were the remaining two participants in the Plan, and their account balances, $11,925  and $1,546, respectively, will be distributed to them in accordance with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A.  The A. H. Belo Pension Transition Supplement Plan as initially adopted is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed February 12, 2008, and the first amendment thereto was filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed April 2, 2009.  The second amendment terminating the A. H. Belo Transition Supplement Restoration Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.



Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits.



10.1 Second Amendment to the A. H. Belo Pension Transition Supplement Plan effective August 1, 2016







SIGNATURE



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 thereunto duly authorized.







EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit 10.1   Second Amendment to the A. H. Belo Pension Transition Supplement Plan effective August 1, 2016



Exhibit No. 99.1 Press Release issued by A. H. Belo Corporation on August 2, 2016