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 10, 2016

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)

 

 

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))

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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 10, 2016. 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			626,263,960				79,232,567				1,352,818				24,564,681
James W. Breyer			659,907,641				45,805,910				1,135,794				24,564,681
Chase Carey			654,847,881				51,754,500				246,964				24,564,681
David F. DeVoe			656,528,378				49,784,086				536,881				24,564,681
Viet Dinh			687,425,278				19,174,900				249,167				24,564,681
Sir Roderick I. Eddington			660,936,265				45,658,944				254,136				24,564,681
James R. Murdoch			694,398,385				12,209,726				241,234				24,564,681
K. Rupert Murdoch			682,885,254				23,698,684				265,407				24,564,681
Lachlan K. Murdoch			678,342,232				28,231,607				275,506				24,564,681
Jacques Nasser			658,334,187				48,198,933				316,225				24,564,681
Robert S. Silberman			618,908,080				87,472,326				468,939				24,564,681
Tidjane Thiam			701,606,083				4,909,106				334,156				24,564,681
Jeffrey W. Ubben			700,157,480				6,501,862				190,003				24,564,681

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, 2017 passed and was voted upon as follows:

 

For:			718,354,340
Against:			12,819,453
Abstain:			240,233

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

 

For:			486,597,445
Against:			219,965,364
Abstain:			286,536
Broker Non-Votes:			24,564,681

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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.

 

Dated: November 10, 2016