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) August 12, 2002
THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number 0-16914
| Ohio (State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) |
31-1223339 (I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number) | |
| 312 Walnut Street Cincinnati,
Ohio (Address of principal executive offices) |
45202 (Zip Code)
|
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 977-3000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
INDEX TO CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K DATED AUGUST 12, 2002
| Item No. |
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| 9. |
Regulation FD Disclosure |
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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
On August 12, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer, Kenneth W. Lowe, and Principal Financial Officer, Joseph G.
NeCastro, of The E. W. Scripps Company submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.
A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit (99.1 and 99.2).
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY | ||
| By: |
/s/ JOSEPH G.
NECASTRO | |
| Joseph G. NeCastro Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Dated: August 12, 2002
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit (99.1): |
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated August 12, 2002 | |
| Exhibit (99.2): |
Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated August 12, 2002 |
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Exhibit 99.1
OMB Number: 3235-0569
Expires: January 31, 2003
Exhibit A
(Corrected)
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Kenneth W. Lowe, President and Chief Executive Officer,
state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
covered reports of The E. W. Scripps Company, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
• |
no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and |
• |
no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). |
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this
statement, is a “covered report”:
• |
2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of The E. W. Scripps Company; |
• |
all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of The E. W. Scripps Company filed with the Commission subsequent to the
filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and |
• |
any amendments to any of the foregoing. |
| Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12 day of August, 2002. | ||||||||
| /s/ KENNETH W.
LOWE |
/s/ MARY ANN
KRAMER | |||||||
| Kenneth W. Lowe |
Notary Public | |||||||
| My Commission Expires: | ||||||||
| August 12, 2002 |
09/03/07 | |||||||
Exhibit 99.2
OMB Number: 3235-0569
Expires: January 31, 2003
Exhibit A
(Corrected)
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT
FILINGS
I, Joseph G. NeCastro, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of The E.
W. Scripps Company, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
• |
no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and |
• |
no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). |
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this
statement, is a “covered report”:
• |
2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of The E. W. Scripps Company; |
• |
all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of The E. W. Scripps Company filed with the Commission subsequent to the
filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and |
• |
any amendments to any of the foregoing. |
| Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of August, 2002 | ||||||
| /s/ JOSEPH G.
NECASTRO |
/s/ WILLIAM
APPLETON | |||||
| Joseph G. NeCastro |
Notary Public | |||||
| My Commission Expires: | ||||||
| August 12 , 2002 |
WILLIAM APPLETON, Attorney NOTARY PUBLIC-STATE OF OHIO My commission has no expiration date. Section 147.03 R.C. |