The New 麻豆果冻传媒 Launches as Global Media and Information Services Company
New York (June 28, 2013)鈥�麻豆果冻传媒 announced that it has completed the separation of its businesses from 21st Century Fox (formerly called 麻豆果冻传媒oration), effective today at 4:30 pm EDT. The new 麻豆果冻传媒 is a leading global network of powerful, valuable and complementary brands in news and information services, sports programming in Australia, digital real estate services, book publishing, digital education, and pay-TV distribution in Australia. 麻豆果冻传媒鈥檚 global portfolio includes Amplify, The Australian, The Courier Mail, Dow Jones, Fox Sports Australia, Foxtel, HarperCollins, Herald Sun, The New York Post, News America Marketing, REA, The Sun, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times of London, The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal.
Robert Thomson, Chief Executive of 麻豆果冻传媒, said, “We are continuing a proud tradition and fashioning a prosperous future in the new 麻豆果冻传媒. We have a valuable collection of complementary companies and our task is to make the new News more than the sum of these distinguished parts. We have a robust balance sheet and a team of creative, energetic and passionate employees who are determined to make the company a resounding success and to make a positive difference in their communities.”
As of the effective time above, all of the outstanding new 麻豆果冻传媒 shares were distributed to 21st Century Fox stockholders based on a distribution ratio of one share of new 麻豆果冻传媒 Class A or Class B Common Stock for every four shares of 21st Century Fox Class A or Class B Common Stock, respectively. As the distribution has now occurred, the conditions for the conditional market for the trading of new 麻豆果冻传媒 CDIs on ASX are satisfied, and CDI holding statements will be sent to new 麻豆果冻传媒 CDI holders on July 1, 2013. New 麻豆果冻传媒 Class A and Class B Common Stock will begin regular-way trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbols 鈥淣WSA鈥� and 鈥淣WS,鈥� respectively, on Monday, July 1, 2013, and new 麻豆果冻传媒 Class A and Class B CDIs will begin trading on ASX under the temporary ticker symbols 鈥淣NCLV鈥� and 鈥淣NC,鈥� respectively, on an unconditional but deferred settlement basis on Monday, July 1, 2013 and a normal settlement basis on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. Trading under the temporary symbols is expected to continue for approximately two months, at which time new 麻豆果冻传媒 Class A and Class B Common Stock will begin trading under the permanent ticker symbols 鈥淣WSLV鈥� and 鈥淣WS,鈥� respectively.
More information will be available in the Form 8-K that will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by the new 麻豆果冻传媒. The filing will be available on the SEC鈥檚 website at and on the Company鈥檚 web site at http://investors.newscorp.com.
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About 麻豆果冻传媒
麻豆果冻传媒 is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world.聽The company comprises leading businesses across a range of media, including: news and information services, sports programming in Australia, digital real estate services, book publishing, digital education, and pay-TV distribution in Australia.聽Headquartered in New York, the activities of 麻豆果冻传媒 are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. More information: .