As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 2003
Registration No. 333-10338
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
THE NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Australia | Not Applicable | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2 Holt Street
Surry Hills, New South Wales 2010, Australia
(Country Code 61) 2-9-288-3000
(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Arthur M. Siskind, Esq.
The News Corporation Limited
c/o News America Incorporated
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
(212) 852-7000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
NEWS AMERICA SAVINGS PLAN II
(Full title of the plan)
Copy of communications to:
Jeffrey W. Rubin, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
875 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
On May 10, 1999, The News Corporation Limited (the “Company”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File Number 333-10338) with respect to the News America Savings Plan II (“Savings Plan II”), registering thereunder 500,000 Ordinary Shares and 500,000 Preferred Limited Voting Ordinary Shares of the Company. On or about August 17, 2001, the Company merged Savings Plan II into the News America Savings Plan (“Savings Plan”) and thereupon Savings Plan II terminated. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-10338 is being filed because the shares under Savings Plan II are being transferred to Savings Plan. Accordingly, a total of 500,000 Ordinary Shares and 500,000 Preferred Limited Voting Ordinary Shares previously registered under Savings Plan II are hereby transferred from Savings Plan II to Savings Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-10338 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of New York, New York on the 3rd day of July 2003.
| THE NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED | ||
| By: |
/S/ K. RUPERT MURDOCH | |
| K. Rupert Murdoch | ||
| Chairman and Chief Executive | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints K. Rupert Murdoch, David F. DeVoe and Arthur M. Siskind, or any one of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all pre- or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /S/ K. RUPERT MURDOCH K. Rupert Murdoch |
Chairman, Chief Executive and Executive Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
July 3, 2003 | ||
| /S/ DAVID. F. DEVOE David F. DeVoe |
Chief Financial Officer Finance Director and Executive Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
July 3, 2003 | ||
| /S/ PETER CHERNIN Peter Chernin |
President, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
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| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /S/ LACHLAN K. MURDOCH Lachlan K. Murdoch |
Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
| /S/ JAMES MURDOCH James Murdoch |
Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
| /S/ ARTHUR M. SISKIND Arthur M. Siskind |
Executive Director, Authorized Representative in the United States | July 3, 2003 | ||
| /S/ CHASE CAREY Chase Carey |
Non-Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
| /S/ KENNETH E. COWLEY Kenneth E. Cowley |
Non-Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
Aatos Erkko |
Non-Executive Director | |||
| /S/ ANDREW S.B. KNIGHT Andrew S.B. Knight |
Non-Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
| /S/ THOMAS J. PERKINS Thomas J. Perkins |
Non-Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
| /S/ STANLEY S. SHUMAN Stanley S. Shuman |
Non-Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
| /S/ GEOFFREY C. BIBLE Geoffrey C. Bible |
Non-Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
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| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /S/ RODERICK I. EDDINGTON Roderick I. Eddington |
Non-Executive Director | July 3, 2003 | ||
Graham J. Kraehe |
Non-Executive Director | |||
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