UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
June 16, 2005
DATE OF REPORT
(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
NEWS CORPORATION
(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))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
News Corporation is filing this
Amendment No. 1 to its Current Report
on Form 8-K solely to include
conformed signatures which were inadvertently
omitted from the prior filing made on June 16, 2005.
Under News Corporation's (the "Company") stock repurchase
program announced on June 13, 2005, the
Company is authorized to acquire from
time to time up to $3 billion in the Company's
outstanding shares of Class A
common stock and Class B common stock.
Under the rules of the Australian Stock
Exchange (the "ASX"), the
Company is required to provide
to the ASX, on a daily basis,
disclosure of transactions pursuant to the stock
repurchase program to the extent such transactions occur.
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy
of the information provided to the ASX on the date noted on Exhibit
99.1.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Information provided to Australian
Stock Exchange on the date noted on Exhibit 99.1.
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.
NEWS CORPORATION
(REGISTRANT)
By:
/s/ Lawrence A. Jacobs
Lawrence A. Jacobs
Senior Executive Vice President and
Group General Counsel
Dated: June 16, 2005
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Information provided to Australian
Stock Exchange on the date noted on Exhibit 99.1.
Rule 3.8A
Appendix 3E
Daily share buy-back notice
(except minimum holding buy-back and
selective buy-back)
Information and documents given
to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 1/9/99. Origin: rule 3.6,
Appendix 7C. Amended 30/9/2001.
Name of entity
ARBN
NEWS CORPORATION
111 480 561
We (the entity) give ASX the
following information.
Information about buy-back
1
Type of buy-back
ON MARKET
2
Date Appendix 3C was given to
ASX
14 JUNE 2005
Total of all shares bought back, or
in relation to which acceptances have been
received, before, and on, previous day
Before previous day
Previous day
3
Number of shares bought back or
if buy-back is an equal access
scheme, in relation to which
acceptances have been received
2,615,000 CLASS A
(NWSLV)
1,543,000 CLASS B
(NWS)
Note: Covers NYSE trades for 13 June
2005 to 15 June 2005 inclusive
4
Total consideration paid or
payable for the shares
US$43,624,135
CLASS A (NWSLV)
US$26,847,366
CLASS B (NWS)
Before previous day
Previous day
5
If buy-back is an on-market buy-
back
highest price paid:
date:
lowest price paid:
date:
highest price paid:
US$16.81 CLASS A
(NWSLV)
US$17.57 CLASS B
(NWS)
lowest price paid:
US$16.49 CLASS A
(NWSLV)
US$17.22 CLASS B
(NWS)
highest price allowed
under rule 7.33:
N/A
Participation by directors
6
Deleted 30/9/2001.
How many shares may still be bought back?
7
If the company has disclosed an
intention to buy back a maximum
number of shares - the remaining
number of shares to be bought
back
Compliance statement
1. The company is in compliance
with all Corporations Act requirements relevant to
this buy-back.
2. There is no information that the
listing rules require to be disclosed that has not already
been disclosed, or is not contained in, or attached to, this form.
Sign here: /s/ Robert K. Moon Date: 16 June 2005
(Assistant Secretary-Australia)
Print name: Robert K Moon
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