nxst-8k_20151117.htm

 

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): November 17, 2015

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-50478
(Commission File Number)

23-3083125
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

545 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 700
Irving, Texas 75062
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including  Zip Code)

(972) 373-8800
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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 Instructions A.2. below):

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

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

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On November 17, 2015, Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing the entry into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of three CBS- and one NBC-affiliated television stations serving the Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia, Wheeling, West Virginia/Steubenville, Ohio, Bluefield/Beckley, West Virginia and Clarksburg/Weston, West Virginia markets for $130.0 million from West Virginia Media Holdings LLC. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press Release dated November 17, 2015, announcing entry into an Asset Purchase Agreement.

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

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.

 

 

NEXSTAR BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas E. Carter

Date: November 20, 2015

Name:

Thomas E. Carter

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 


 

 

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press Release dated November 17, 2015, announcing entry into an Asset Purchase Agreement.