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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 11, 2003
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LIN TV CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 001-31331 05-0501252
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(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
incorporation) Identification No.)
Four Richmond Square, Suite 200, Providence, Rhode Island 02906
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (401) 454-2880
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Item 5. Other Events.
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LIN TV Corp. ("LIN TV") has been advised that several of its senior
executives have established separate structured diversification plans to sell a
limited portion of their LIN TV stock holdings at specified dates and prices
over a one-year period. The LIN TV executives that have entered into such
separate diversification plans are Gary R. Chapman, Paul Karpowicz, Gregory
Schmidt, Deborah R. Jacobson, Peter E. Maloney and Denise M. Parent.
The plans have been established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which provides guidelines for corporate
executives to prearrange sales of his or her company's securities. It is
anticipated that the activity under the plans will involve up to an aggregate of
approximately 170,000 shares of LIN TV class A common stock, which is
approximately 0.4% of the aggregate number of shares of LIN TV common stock
outstanding, and less than 10% of the total number of shares of LIN TV common
stock beneficially owned by the executives entering into such plans.
The plans cover shares of LIN TV class A common stock that the executives
will receive in installments upon exercise of "phantom units" issued in exchange
for the 1998 cancellation of vested stock options held by the executives. The
executives hold a total of 521,071 phantom units as follows: Mr. Chapman,
251,694; Mr. Karpowicz, 83,129; Mr. Schmidt, 78,805; Ms. Jacobson, 47,619; Mr.
Maloney, 58,395; and Ms. Parent, 1,429, and, upon exercise, the executives are
entitled to receive one share of class A common stock for each phantom unit
held. Each executive has selected a different schedule to exercise his or her
phantom units, based on either specific numbers of shares to be received on
specified dates and/or specific numbers of shares to be received upon the market
price for the class A common stock meeting specified targets.
The Rule 10b5-1 plans cover a one-year period, and provide for sales of a
percentage of the shares received upon each exercise of an executive's phantom
units during this period, subject to specified daily volume limits and price
requirements, shortly after an executive receives such shares for his or her
phantom units.
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.
LIN TV Corp.
Date: June 12, 2003 By: /s/ William A. Cunningham
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Name: William A. Cunningham
Title: Vice President and Controller