UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported)
April 30, 2008
SUN-TIMES MEDIA GROUP, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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DELAWARE
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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1-14164
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95-3518892
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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350 North Orleans, 10-S
Chicago, Illinois
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60654
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(312) 321-2299
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(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area
Code)
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last
Report)
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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 (
see
General
Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
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ITEM 5.03
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Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change
in Fiscal Year.
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On April 30, 2008, the Board of Directors of Sun-Times Media Group, Inc.
(the “Company”) approved certain amendments to the Company’s Amended
and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”).
The amendments amended Section 1.3 of the Bylaws to provide that record
holders of outstanding shares of stock of the Company having at least 25% of the voting
power of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors may request a special
meeting of the Company’s stockholders. In order to exercise such right, a written
request (the “Request”), signed by each requesting stockholder (each a
“Requesting Stockholder”) or its duly authorized agent must be submitted to
the Secretary of the Company. Such request must include a statement of the specific
purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on, the reasons for
conducting such business at the meeting, and any material interest of the Requesting
Stockholders in such business, the name and address of each Requesting Stockholder as
it appears on the Company’s stock ledger and the number of shares of Company
stock owned of record and beneficially by each Requesting Stockholder.
Subject to certain exceptions described below, such a requested special
meeting must be held within 90 days of receipt by the Company of the Request. However,
such meeting will not be held if the Company’s Board of Directors calls for or
has called an annual meeting of stockholders and the purpose of such annual meeting
includes (among any other matters properly brought before the meeting) the purpose set
forth in the Request. If an annual or special meeting was held not more than six months
before the Request was received by the Company and such prior meeting included the
purpose specified in the Request, then the date of such requested special meeting shall
not be later than the later of (x) 90 days after the Request was received by the
Company or (y) 10 days after the 6 month anniversary of such annual or special meeting.
The election of directors generally (and not the election of specific directors) shall
be deemed to be a purpose of a meeting. Business transacted at a requested special
meeting shall be limited to the purposes stated in the Request for such meeting;
provided, however, that nothing prohibits the Board of Directors of the Company from
submitting additional matters to stockholders at any such meeting.
The amendments also amended Section 2.2 of the Bylaws to provide that
the Board of Directors of the Company shall consist of 11 members unless and until such
number shall be changed (the “Changed Number”) by a vote of a majority of
the total number of directors then in office (excluding vacancies, if any), and
thereafter the Changed Number may be further changed by a majority of directors then in
office (excluding vacancies, if any).
Finally, the amendments added a provision to Article VII of the Bylaws
that states that Sections 1.3 and 2.2 of the Bylaws cannot be amended or repealed by
the Company’s Board of Directors, and no provision inconsistent therewith may be
adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors, without the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock entitled to
vote in the election of directors, and such provisions may not be amended by the
stockholders directly except by a vote of the holders of at least a majority of the
voting power of the shares of stock entitled to vote in the election of
directors.
A copy of the text of the amendments referred to above is attached as
Exhibit 3.1 hereto.
ITEM 9.01
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
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3.1
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Text of Amendments to Amended and Restated Bylaws
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of the Company
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: May 2, 2008
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SUN-TIMES MEDIA GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
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By:
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/s/ James D. McDonough
Name: James D. McDonough
Title: Vice President, General
Counsel
and Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No
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Description
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3.1
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Text of Amendments to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the
Company
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