FORM 11-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

[X] Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2002

 

OR

 

[    ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Commission file number 333-04962

 

 

FOX INVESTMENT PLAN

 

2121 Avenue of the Stars

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(Full title of the plan and the address of the plan,

if different from that of the issuer named below)

 

 

THE NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED

2 Holt Street

Sydney, NSW

Australia

(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan

and the address of its principal executive office)

 

 



SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

FOX INVESTMENT PLAN

By:

 

/S/    LYNN FRANZOI


    Lynn Franzoi
    Senior Vice-President, Benefits
    Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.

 

Date: June 30, 2003

 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

Fox Investment Plan

 

Year ended December 31, 2002

 

with Report of Independent Auditors

 


Fox Investment Plan

 

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

 

Year ended December 31, 2002

 

Contents

 

Reports of Independent Auditors

   1

Financial Statements

    

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

   3

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

   4

Notes to Financial Statements

   5

Supplemental Schedule

    

Schedule H—Part IV—Line 4i—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

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Report of Independent Auditors

 

The Retirement Board of

Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of Fox Investment Plan as of December 31, 2002, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. The financial statements of Fox Investment Plan as of December 31, 2001, and for the year then ended were audited by other auditors who have ceased operations and whose report dated May 16, 2002, expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2002, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

Our audit was made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2002, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

 

/S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

June 6, 2003

 

 

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THIS IS A COPY OF A REPORT PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP. THIS REPORT HAS NOT BEEN REISSUED BY ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP NOR HAS ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP PROVIDED A CONSENT TO THE INCLUSION OF ITS REPORT IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 11-K.

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

 

 

To the Retirement Board of

Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.:

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Fox Investment Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31 , 2001. These financial statements and the supplemental schedule referred to below are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets held is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

 

ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

May 16, 2002

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

     December 31

     2002

     2001

Assets

               

Investments:

               

Cash in transit

   $      $ 44,575,547

Investments, at fair value

     280,242,879        252,498,631

Investments, at contract value

     49,688,886        34,641,963
    

    

Total investments

     329,931,765        331,716,141

Cash

     15,615       

Receivables:

               

Employer contributions

     225,127        8,161

Participant contributions

     600,844        21,948

Interest and other

     1,480       
    

    

Total receivables

     827,451        30,109
    

    

Total assets

     330,774,831        331,746,250

Liabilities

               

Due to broker for securities purchased

     69,664       

Other liabilities

     124,605       
    

    

Total liabilities

     194,269       
    

    

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 330,580,562      $ 331,746,250
    

    

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

Year ended December 31, 2002

 

Additions:

        

Contributions:

        

Employer, net of forfeitures

   $ 14,226,203  

Participant

     39,005,931  

Rollover

     2,871,653  
    


Total contributions

     56,103,787  

Transfers from other plans

     7,844,203  

Interest, dividends and other

     8,361,298  
    


Total additions

     72,309,288  

Deductions:

        

Benefits paid to participants

     19,177,614  

Net depreciation in fair value of investments

     54,293,706  

Administrative expenses

     3,656  
    


Total deductions

     73,474,976  
    


Net decrease

     (1,165,688 )

Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year

     331,746,250  
    


Net assets available for benefits at end of year

   $ 330,580,562  
    


 

See accompanying notes.

 

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

December 31, 2002

 

 

1.    Description of the Plan

 

The following description of the Fox Investment Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document and related amendments for more complete information.

 

General

 

The Plan is a defined contribution plan sponsored by Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. (the Plan Sponsor and the Company). Its purpose is to assist employees in establishing a regular savings and investment program to provide additional financial security for their retirement. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). The Plan was adopted effective June 1, 1984. Effective January 1, 1998, the Plan was restated to incorporate all previous amendments, to change the name of the Plan Sponsor to Fox Entertainment Group, Inc., and to comply with legislative required amendments.

 

Effective December 31, 2001, the Fox Sports Networks, LLC 401(k) Plan (Fox Sports Plan) was merged into the Plan. There was a transition period from December 21, 2001 until the end of January 2002, in which some account activities by participants were limited. Employees of Fox Sports Networks, LLC (Fox Sports) shall have the service that was recognized under the Fox Sports Plan included as years of vesting service under the Plan. The physical transfer of assets started as of December 31, 2001, with the final transfer of approximately $44,576,000 occurring on January 2, 2002. Such final transfer is reflected in the statement of net assets available for benefits as cash in transit as of December 31, 2001.

 

On April 1, 2002, Cable Network Services, LLC 401(k) Retirement Plan and Sunshine Network 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan merged in the Plan and assets transferred into the Plan were approximately $1,436,000 and $1,365,000, respectively. Additionally, WWOR-TV Retirement Plan merged into the Plan effective June 1, 2002, and approximately $4,717,000 of assets were transferred into the Plan. In addition, there were other transfers of approximately $326,000 that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2002.

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1.    Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Eligibility

 

The Plan is a defined contribution plan available to certain nonunion employees of the Company to which the Plan has been extended. Currently, union employees under certain collective bargaining agreements are also eligible to participate. An eligible employee can enroll in the Plan on the first day of the payroll cycle immediately following commencement of employment or the first day of any payroll cycle thereafter.

 

Contributions

 

The following types of contributions are allowable under the terms of the Plan document:

 

Participant Contributions – Participants can voluntarily contribute on a before-tax and/or after-tax basis, as defined in the Plan document, subject to certain limitations under the Internal Revenue Code (the Code).

 

Employer Contributions – The Company shall contribute for each participant each pay period an amount equal to 50% of the first 6% of the participant’s contributions, not to exceed $10,000 in any Plan year.

 

Rollover Contributions – Amounts distributed to participants from other tax qualified plans may be contributed to the Plan.

 

The total amount contributed to a participant’s account (excluding rollover contributions) during 2002 may not exceed the lesser of (a) $40,000, or (b) 100% of the participant’s includable compensation, as defined by the Plan document and the Code.

 

Vesting

 

Participants are immediately 100% vested in their before-tax and after-tax contributions and rollover contributions. Participants become vested in the employer’s contributions account based on the participant’s years of vesting service, as follows:

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1.    Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Vesting (continued)

 

Years of Service


   Vested
Percentage


Less than 1

       0%

1 but less than 2

     50%

2 but less than 3

     75%

3 or more

   100%

 

The participant becomes 100% vested in the employer’s contribution account at the earliest of the following dates:

 

  ·   Completion of three years of vesting service
  ·   Death
  ·   Termination of employment due to total and permanent disability
  ·   Retirement at age 65
  ·   Termination of the Plan

 

Forfeitures

 

If the participant elects a distribution of his/her vested account balance upon termination of employment, the nonvested portion of the participant’s employer contribution account is forfeited. If the participant defers distribution of his/her account balance, the participant’s employer contribution account is forfeited after a consecutive 60-month period has elapsed after an employee’s termination date. In accordance with the Plan document, such forfeitures are used to reduce future employer matching contributions. During 2002, forfeitures of approximately $455,000 were used to reduce the employer matching contributions.

 

Forfeited balances of $115,000 and $205,000 were available to reduce future contributions as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1.    Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Management of Trust Funds

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company (Fidelity) is the Trustee. Plan assets are principally managed or held by the Plan’s five investment managers: Certus Asset Advisors, Fidelity Management and Research Co., Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO), Mairs and Power, Inc. and Janus Institutional Investment Services. The investment managers have been granted discretionary authority concerning purchases and sales of investments, as outlined in their individual agreements with the Plan Sponsor and the Fox Retirement Board (the Plan Administrator).

 

Investment Options

 

Upon enrollment in the Plan, a participant may direct employee and employer contributions in 1% increments among various investment options outlined in the Summary Plan Description. Additionally, participants may redirect their investment balances among these various investment options at anytime. Included in investments as of December 31, 2002, were the AT&T Stock Fund and Liberty Media Corporation Common Stock with investment balances of $493,641 and $1,131,583, respectively. These funds resulted from mergers into the Plan and participants may no longer direct contributions or transfers in into these funds.

 

Participant Accounts

 

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and allocation of the Company’s contribution, and debited for any distributions. Investment fund gains, losses, and expenses are allocated based on the participant’s account balances in each fund.

 

Participants’ Loans

 

Participants may borrow from the Plan, subject to a minimum loan of $1,000 and a maximum loan of $50,000 or 50% of the participant’s vested account balance. The loans are payable over a period of one to five years, or if the proceeds are used for the purchase of a participant’s principal residence, the loans are payable over a period not to exceed 15 years. The loans bear interest at the prime rate plus 1%. The loans are secured by the

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

1.    Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Participants’ Loans (continued)

 

pledge of the participant’s interest in the Plan. Participants may either pay off outstanding loan balances when they leave the Company or continue to make loan repayments after termination. The Trustee has established a loan fund for recording loan activities.

 

Payment of Benefits

 

Benefits to participants or beneficiaries are payable in lump sums equal to the value of their vested accounts as of the date of distribution.

 

Administrative Expenses

 

The Company may, at its discretion, elect to pay administrative expenses of the Plan. Administrative expenses not paid by the Company are paid from the assets of the Plan. During the year ended December 31, 2002, $3,656 of administrative expenses were paid from the accounts of the affected participants.

 

2.     Summary of Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Accounting

 

The accompanying financial statements of the Plan have been prepared under the accrual basis of accounting.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the Plan’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2.    Summary of Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Plan’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance of investments is limited to the carrying value of such instruments. The Plan’s concentration of credit risk and market risk is dictated by the Plan’s provisions as well as those of ERISA and the participants’ investment preference.

 

The Plan provides for various investment options in mutual funds, common stock, guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) and synthetic GICs. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risk in the near term could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the financial statements.

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

 

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value, except for its GICs, which are valued at contract value (see Note 4). Mutual funds, government and corporate securities, and common stock investments are stated at quoted market prices. The participant loans are stated at face value, which approximates fair value.

 

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend dates.

 

Payment of Benefits

 

Benefits are recorded when paid.

 

Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Fair Value of Investments

 

Realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of investments is based on the difference between the fair value of the assets at the beginning of the year, or at the time of purchase for assets purchased during the year, and the related fair value on the day investments are sold with respect to realized appreciation (depreciation), or on the last day of the year for unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

2.    Summary of Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Fair Value of Investments (continued)

 

All realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the value of investments is shown in the accompanying statement of changes in net assets available for benefits as net depreciation in fair value of investments.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s financial statement captions to make them consistent with the current year’s presentation.

 

3.    Investments

 

The following presents investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets.

 

     December 31

     2002

     2001

Investments at fair value:

               

PIMCO Total Return Fund

   $ 20,485,775      $ *

Mairs & Power Growth Fund

     18,371,480        *

Fidelity Magellan Fund

     74,660,612        79,240,780

Fidelity Puritan Fund

     79,167,497        76,069,519

Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund

     16,655,389        17,373,837

News Corporation Common Stock

     *        17,844,073

Janus Adviser International I

     23,335,046        22,205,751

 

  *   Amount represents less than 5% of the Plan’s net assets at year-end.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) depreciated in value by $54,293,706 as follows:

 

Mutual funds

   $ (50,255,732 )

Common stock

     (4,037,974 )
    


     $ (54,293,706 )
    


 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4.    Investment Contracts with Insurance Companies

 

The Certus Income Fund includes deposit GICs, synthetic GICs, and bank investment contracts. In accordance with Statement of Position 94-4 of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, fully benefit-responsive GICs and synthetic GICs are presented at their contract value. Contract value for the GICs of $36,510,296 and $15,450,930, at December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less withdrawals and administrative expenses and excludes the short-term investment fund. Contract value for the synthetic GICs is $13,178,587 and $19,191,033, at December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The difference between the fair value of the assets underlying the synthetic GICs and the contract value of the synthetic GICs is the value of the wrapper.

 

GICs provide a fixed crediting interest rate and a financially responsible entity guarantees liquidity at contract value prior to maturity for any and all participant-initiated benefit withdrawals, loans, or transfers arising under the terms of the Plan, which allows access for all participants.

 

Synthetic GICs operate similarly to a separate account guaranteed investment contract, except that the underlying assets are placed in a trust with ownership by the Plan rather than a separate account of the issuer, and a financially responsible third party issues a wrapper contract that provides that participants can, and must, execute transactions at contract value.

 

Inasmuch as trust assets are owned by the Plan, the wrapper contract and the assets in trust should be separately valued and disclosed. The wrapper contract would be valued at the difference between the fair value of the trust assets and the contract value attributable by the wrapper to such assets. When considered together, the trust assets and the wrapper contract should be reported at the wrapper contract value because participants are guaranteed return of principal and accrued interest.

 

Contract values are not materially different from the fair values of the contracts as calculated per Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, as shown below as of December 31, 2002 and 2001:

 

     2002

       2001

 

Average yield on investment contracts

     4.89 %        5.65 %

Crediting interest rate

     5.31 %        6.05 %

Fair value of GICs

   $ 37,968,461        $ 15,763,064  

Fair value of synthetic GICs

   $ 13,665,524        $ 18,901,310  

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

4.    Investment Contracts with Insurance Companies (continued)

 

There are various bases and frequencies of determining the crediting interest rates for unallocated investment contracts. Crediting interest rates for certain synthetic GICs are based on the cash flow and performance of the underlying securities. The crediting interest rates are reviewed on either a quarterly or an annual basis and reset if the change is significant. All other contracts have fixed rates for the life of the contract. Certain employer-initiated events are not eligible for book value disbursements from fully benefit responsive contracts. Such events may cause liquidation of all or a portion of a contract with a market value adjustment.

 

The fair values of the assets underlying the synthetic GICs approximate the fair value of contracts. The fair values of the assets underlying the synthetic GICs as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, are as follows:

 

     2002

     2001

U.S. government securities

   $ 8,242,376      $ 6,172,812

Corporate obligations

     5,423,148        12,728,498
    


  

Fair value of investments

     13,665,524        18,901,310

Difference between fair value and contract value of synthetic GICs

     (486,937 )      289,723
    


  

Contract value of synthetic GICs

   $ 13,178,587      $ 19,191,033
    


  

 

5.    Related Party Transactions

 

The Plan engages in certain transactions involving Fidelity and News Corporation, the parent company, parties-in-interest as defined by ERISA. These transactions involve the purchase and sale of News Corporation’s common stock and investing Plan monies in money market and mutual funds managed by Fidelity or its related affiliates. Fees paid by the Plan Sponsor to Fidelity for the year ended December 31, 2002, were not significant. Investments managed by Fidelity amounted to $189,248,950 and $176,596,849 as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

6.    Income Tax Status

 

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated March 24, 2000, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this issuance of the determination letter, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.

 

7.    Plan Termination

 

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate or amend the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. Upon termination of the Plan or upon the complete discontinuance of contributions under the Plan, all participants shall become 100% vested in their accounts, after payment of any expenses properly chargeable thereto.

 

8.    Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

 

The following is a reconciliation of investments from the financial statements as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, to investments per the Form 5500:

 

     2002

     2001

Investments per the financial statements

   $ 329,931,765      $ 287,140,594

Add: Difference between fair value and contract value of GICs

     1,458,165        312,134
    

    

Investments per the Form 5500

   $ 331,389,930      $ 287,452,728
    

    

 

Investments in GICs are reflected on the financial statements at contract value since the contracts are benefit responsive; however, the GIC investments are reflected at fair value on the Form 5500 and the accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year).

 

 

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Supplemental Schedule

 


Fox Investment Plan

 

EIN 95-4066193 Plan No. 003

 

Schedule H— Part IV—Line 4i—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

 

December 31, 2002

 

Identity of Issue


  

Description of Investments


  

Current

Value


Common Stock

           

News Corporation ADR Fund

           

News Corporation *

   Common Stock, 609,264 shares    $ 15,993,180

Interest-bearing cash

          502,244
         

            16,495,424

Liberty Media Corporation

   Common Stock, 165,651.265 shares      1,131,583

AT&T Corporation

   Common Stock, 173,555.615 shares      493,641

Money Market

           

Fidelity Management Trust Company *

   Short-term investment fund; 1.41%      7,307,446

Guaranteed Investment Contracts (GICs)

           

Hartford Life

   GIC; 7.21% yield; 5/16/05      1,279,246

GE Life and Annuity

   GIC; 4.92% yield; 11/15/07      1,078,217

Security Life of Denver

   GIC; 5.96% yield; 2/15/06      1,203,122

Rabobank

   GIC; 5.08% yield; variable maturities      11,281,042

GE Capital Assurance Company

   GIC; 5.70% yield; 9/15/05      1,160,882

John Hancock

   GIC; 7.86% yield; 6/15/04      1,110,470

New York Life Insurance Company

   GIC; 4.05% yield; 10/15/07      1,030,597

New York Life Insurance Company

   GIC; 5.78% yield; 6/15/06      1,110,201

Monumental Life Insurance Company

   GIC; 4.20% yield; 3/15/06      508,421

Ohio National Life Insurance Company

   GIC; 6.20% yield; 3/14/03      503,839

United of Omaha

   GIC; 7.12% yield; 11/15/04      1,080,954

Safeco Life Insurance Companies

   GIC; 6.17% yield; 12/15/03      1,028,737

Safeco Life Insurance Companies

   GIC; 5.95% yield; 9/15/03      345,885

Monumental Life Insurance Company

   GIC; 5.06% yield; variable maturities      8,448,215

SunAmerica Inc. Credit Enhanced GIC

   GIC; 5.73% yield; 10/15/03      1,011,978

Allstate

   GIC; 5.51% yield; 9/17/07      1,703,830

John Hancock

   GIC; 5.67% yield; 7/16/07      1,722,072

Travelers Insurance Company

   GIC; 6.13% yield; 9/15/03      349,582

Security Life of Denver

   Variable GIC; 3.27% yield; 4/06/06      1,008,143

Transamerica Aegon

   Variable GIC; 3.40% yield; 3/31/03      1,003,028
         

            37,968,461

 

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EIN 95-4066193 Plan No. 003

 

Schedule H—Part IV—Line 4i—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

(continued)

 

December 31, 2002

 

Identity of Issue


  

Description of Investments


   Current
Value


 

Synthetic GICs

             
CDC IXIS – WR 1816-03              

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

Series 2415; Class CD; 03/15/15;
$1,000,000; 5.50%

   $ 1,079,407  

Wrapper

          (69,239 )
         


            1,010,168  

Monumental Life Insurance Co.
(Aegon) – BDA00304TR6

             

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

Series 2115; Class BD; 09/15/03;
$1,000,000; 5.50%

     1,037,474  

Wrapper

          (60,405 )
         


            977,069  

Monumental Life Insurance Co.
(Aegon) – BDA00304TR2

             

Federal Home Loan Mortgage

  

Series 1698, Class PG; 10/15/03;
$1,235,000; 6.00%

     264,024  

Wrapper

           
         


            264,024  

Monumental Life Insurance Co.
(Aegon) – BDA00304TR3

             

Federal National Mortgage Assn.

  

REMIC; Series 93-186; Class G; 9/25/03;
$1,000,000; 6.25%

     123,633  

Wrapper

           
         


            123,633  
Transamerica (Aegon) – TDA76770TR              

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

Series 1693; Class G; 4/15/03;
$1,000,000; 6.00%

     111,360  

Wrapper

           
         


            111,360  
Bank of America, N.A. – 98060              

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

Series 2109; Class PH; 3/15/03;
$1,000,000; 5.50%

     490,605  

Wrapper

           
         


            490,605  

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

EIN 95-4066193 Plan No. 003

 

Schedule H – Part IV – Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

(continued)

 

December 31, 2002

 

Identity of Issue


  

Description of Investments


   Current
Value


 

Synthetic GICs (continued)

           

Bank of America, N.A. – 01-085

           

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

Series 2295; Class PQ; 3/15/03;

$1,000,000; 5.75%

   $   923,870  

Wrapper

        —    
         

          923,870  

Bank of America, N.A. – 02-102

           

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

Series 2478; Class EU; 3/15/07;

$1,000,000; 5.00%

   1,059,109  

Wrapper

        (50,373 )
         

          1,008,736  

Bank of America, N.A. – 02-118

           

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

Series 2496; Class KV; 5/15/07;

$1,000,000; 4.75%

   1,050,327  

Wrapper

        (34,822 )
         

          1,015,505  

Bank of America – 02-124

           

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  

Series 2515; Class UB; 9/15/07;

$1,000,000; 4.50%

   1,041,215  

Wrapper

        (29,152 )
         

          1,012,063  

CDC IXIS – WR-1816-02

           

Federal National Mortgage Assn

  

Series 01-73; Class PY; 11/25/03;

$1,000,000; 5.25%

   1,061,352  

Wrapper

        (51,570 )
         

          1,009,782  

Bank of America, N.A. – 99011

           

First USA Credit Card Master

    Trust

  

Series 98-9; Class A; 01/18/04;

$1,000,000; 5.28%

   1,032,063  

Wrapper

        (34,158 )
         

          997,905  

 

18


Fox Investment Plan

 

EIN 95-4066193 Plan No. 003

 

Schedule H – Part IV – Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

(continued)

 

December 31, 2002

 

Identity of Issue


  

Description of Investments


  

Current

Value


 

Synthetic GICs (continued)

             

CDC IXIS – WR-1816-01

             

Case New Holland

  

Series 01-B; Class A4; 09/15/06;

$1,000,000; 4.45%

   $ 1,041,087  

Wrapper

          (39,565 )
         


            1,001,522  

UBS AG – 2698

             

Comed Transitional FDG Trust

  

Series 98-1; Class A5; 03/25/05;

$1,000,000; 5.44%

     1,033,316  

Wrapper

          (53,163 )
         


            980,153  

Monumental Life Insurance Co. (Aegon) – BD00304TR5

             

American Express Master Trust

  

Series 98-1; Class A; 05/15/03;

$1,000,000; 5.90%

     1,002,630  

Wrapper

          —    
         


            1,002,630  

UBS AG – 2656

             

MBNA Master Credit Card Trust

  

Series 97-I; Class A; 08/15/04;

$1,000,000; 6.55%

     1,069,597  

Wrapper

          (64,490 )
         


            1,005,107  

Westdeutsche Landesbank – WLB-3021

             

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

  

Series 00-C; Class A4; 6/15/03;

$1,000,000; 7.24%

     244,455  

Wrapper

          —    
         


            244,455  

Total Fair Value of Synthetic GICs

          13,665,524  

Total Wrappers

          (486,937 )
         


            13,178,587  

 

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Fox Investment Plan

 

EIN 95-4066193 Plan No. 003

 

Schedule H – Part IV – Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) (continued)

 

December 31, 2002

 

Identity of Issue


  

Description of Investments


  

Current

Value


             

Mutual Funds

           

Janus

   Janus Advisor International I    $ 23,335,046

Mairs & Power

   Growth Fund      18,371,480

PIMCO

   Total Return Fund      20,485,775

Fidelity*

   Puritan Fund      79,167,497

Fidelity*

   Magellan Fund      74,660,612

Fidelity*

   Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund      16,655,389

Fidelity*

   Mid-Cap Stock Fund      8,023,586

Fidelity*

   Equity Income Fund      3,434,420

Participant loans*

   Interest rates ranging from     5.32% to 11.00% and maturities through 2016      10,680,983
         

Total investments

        $ 331,389,930
         

 

*Represents a party-in-interest as defined by ERISA

 

20


EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description


    

23.1

   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP     

99.1

   Certification by K. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman     
     and Chief Executive of The News Corporation Limited     

99.2

   Certification by David F. DeVoe, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The News Corporation Limited