Gemstar TV Guide International Inc - Current report filing (8-K)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: March 27, 2008

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

 

GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		0-24218		95-4782077
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

 

6922 Hollywood Boulevard

12 ^th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90028

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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ITEM 8.01.

OTHER EVENTS.

On March 27, 2008, Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that a court order requiring the Company to maintain certain funds, approximately $31.6 million as of December 31, 2007, in a segregated, interest-bearing bank account has been dissolved at the Company’s request. As a result of this ruling, the Company will reclassify approximately $31.6 million of restricted cash on its balance sheet to cash and cash equivalents for the quarter ending March 31, 2008. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

 

ITEM 9.01.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated March 27, 2008.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:		/s/ Stephen H. Kay
		Stephen H. Kay
		Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Date: March 28, 2008

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated March 27, 2008.