Current Report — Form 8-K Filing Table of Contents
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Execution of the Merger Agreement
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Item 8.01. Other Events
On July 18, 2005, News Corporation (the "Company") announced that it and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Fox Interactive Media, Inc. ("Fox Interactive") and Project Ivory Acquisition Corporation ("Merger Sub"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 18, 2005 (the "Merger Agreement"), with Intermix Media, Inc. ("Intermix"), pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, Fox Interactive has agreed to acquire Intermix for approximately $580 million in cash, or the equivalent of $12 per common share. The acquisition will be accomplished through the merger (the "Merger") of Merger Sub with
and into Intermix, with Intermix as the surviving corporation. The Merger is subject to the approval of Intermix's stockholders and other closing conditions, including the obtainment of required governmental approvals.
In a related transaction, the Company announced that it entered into a voting agreement with VantagePoint Venture Partners ("VantagePoint"), the largest stockholder of Intermix. The agreement provides that VantagePoint will vote its shares, representing approximately 22.4 percent of the outstanding shares of Intermix, in favor of the transaction.
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.
