UNITED   S T A TES

SECURITIES   AND   EXCHANGE   COMMISSION

W ASHING T ON,   D.C.   20549





FORM   8-K





CURRENT   REPO R T



PURSUANT   T O   SECTION   13   OR   15(d)   OF   THE

SECURITIES   EXCHANGE   ACT   OF   1934



Date   of   Report   (Date   of   earliest   event   reported ):   March 7 ,   201 9





PICTURE 1



(Exact   name   of   registrant   as   specified   in   its   charter)





Commission   file   number:   1-33741





 

 

Texas

 

38-3765318

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



 

 

P. O. Box 224866, Dallas, Texas 75222-4866

 

(214) 977-82 22

(Address   of   principal   executive   offices,   including   zip   code)

 

(Registrant’s   telephone   number,   including   area   code)







Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company     

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  



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:



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Item   2.02.   Results   of   Operations   and   Financial   Condition.



On   March 8 , 2019,   A.   H .   Belo   Corporation   (the “Company”) announced   its   consolidated   financial   results   for   the   three months ended December  3 1 , 2018 .     A copy   of   the   announcement   press   release   is   furnished   with   this   report   as   Exhibit   99.1.



Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On March 7, 2019 , director John P. Puerner advised the Board of Directors (the "Board") of A. H. Belo Corporation that he will retire from the Board at the expiration of his current term immediately following the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of shareholders on May 9, 2019 , and will not stand for re-election as a director.

As a result of Mr. Puerner’s retirement, on March 7, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors, in accordance with the provisions of its Bylaws, approved a resolution reducing the size of the Company’s Board of Directors from eight (8) directors to seven (7) directors effective as of May 9, 2019.



Item 8.01 . Other Events .

On March 7, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a second quarter 201 9 dividend of $ 0 .08 per share. The dividend will be payable on June 7 , 2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 17 , 2019. A copy of the announcement press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.2.  



On March 7, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, from time to time in open market repurchases, including block repurchases , or individually negotiated transactions. As of March 7, 2019, the Company had 724,812 shares remaining under its prior Board-approved repurchase authority. The aggregate amount of repurchases, including under prior authority, is limited to $8.8 million.



Item   9.01.   Financial   Statements   and   Exhibits.



(d)   Exhibits .



99.1

Press   Release   issued   by   A.   H.   Belo   Corporation   on March 8, 2019

99.2

Dividend announcement by A. H. Belo Corporation on March 8, 2019



 


 

SIGN A TURE



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   thereunto   duly   authorized.





 

 

 

 



 

 

A.   H.   BELO   CORPORATION



 

 

 

 

Date:

March 8, 2019

 

By:

/s/    Katy Murray



 

 

 

       Katy Murray



 

 

 

       Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer



 

 

 

 





 

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