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 (Date of earliest

event reported) January 6, 2015

 

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant)

 

 

10706 Beaver Dam Road

Hunt Valley, MD 21030

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(410) 568-1500

(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:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

 

 

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

 

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

 

On January 6, 2015, the Board of Directors of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. appointed Mr. Howard E. Friedman as director of the Company.

 

Mr. Friedman is a Founding Partner of Lanx Management LLC, a hedge “fund of funds.” He was the Co-Founder, Publisher & CEO of Watermark Press, Inc.  From 2006-2010, Mr. Friedman served as President and then Chairman of the Board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). From 2010-2012, he served as the President of the American Israel Educational Foundation, the charitable arm of AIPAC.  He is the immediate past Chair of the Board of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.  Mr. Friedman has served as President of the Baltimore Jewish Council, and as President of JTA-The Global News Service of the Jewish People. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.  In addition, Mr. Friedman serves on the boards of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Touro College and University System, Talmudical Academy and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

 

A copy of the Registrant’s press release relating to this director appointment is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following exhibit related to Item 5.02 shall be deemed to be furnished and not filed.

 

Exhibit 99.1 Sinclair Press Release (dated January 6, 2015).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

	SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
	By:	/s/ David R. Bochenek
	Name:	David R. Bochenek
	Title:	Senior Vice President / Chief Accounting Officer

 

Dated: January 6, 2015

 

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