Form 8-K

 

 

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

November 12, 2015

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)

NOT APPLICABLE

(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)

 

 

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ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on November 12, 2015. A brief description of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of the voting on such matters is set forth below.

Proposal 1: The following individuals were elected as directors:

 

 

Name

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  

Delphine Arnault

     611,190,617         71,247,254         622,804         20,782,380   

James W. Breyer

     677,319,552         5,118,096         623,027         20,782,380   

Chase Carey

     616,147,368         66,672,918         240,389         20,782,380   

David F. DeVoe

     612,806,602         70,012,596         241,477         20,782,380   

Viet Dinh

     675,766,741         7,046,016         247,918         20,782,380   

Sir Roderick I. Eddington

     676,878,806         5,942,540         239,329         20,782,380   

James R. Murdoch

     675,407,935         7,415,209         237,531         20,782,380   

K. Rupert Murdoch

     668,524,447         14,302,703         233,525         20,782,380   

Lachlan K. Murdoch

     668,583,795         14,240,140         236,740         20,782,380   

Jacques Nasser

     675,099,307         7,714,486         246,882         20,782,380   

Robert S. Silberman

     633,841,844         48,973,656         245,175         20,782,380   

Tidjane Thiam

     678,909,078         3,905,126         246,471         20,782,380   

Jeffrey W. Ubben

     680,441,976         2,124,876         493,823         20,782,380   

Proposal 2: A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     697,257,811   

Against:

     6,469,584   

Abstain:

     115,660   

Proposal 3: A proposal to approve, on an advisory, nonbinding basis, executive compensation passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:

     637,983,218   

Against:

     44,895,239   

Abstain:

     182,218   

Broker Non-Votes:

     20,782,380   


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.

 

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.

(REGISTRANT)

By:  

/s/ Janet Nova

  Janet Nova
 

Executive Vice President and

Deputy Group General Counsel

Dated: November 12, 2015