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): March 31, 2019 |
MEREDITH CORPORATION | ||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||
Iowa | 1-5128 | 42-0410230 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission file number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1716 Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa | 50309-3023 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (515) 284-3000 | ||
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Item 8.01 | Other Events | |
In connection with an inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), the independent registered public accounting firm for Meredith Corporation (the “Company”), communicated to the Company its determination that previously unidentified deficiencies existed in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2018. These deficiencies related to internal controls over the processes to establish the fair value of certain assets and liabilities in the opening balance sheet for Time Inc. (“Time”), which the Company acquired on January 31, 2018. Solely as a result of these deficiencies, on March 31, 2019, the Company concluded that it had a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2018. Due to this material weakness relating to the opening balance sheet of Time, reliance should not be placed on Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting or KPMG’s opinion on internal controls included in the Company’s fiscal 2018 Form 10-K.
The Company’s consolidated financial statements included in its fiscal 2018 Form 10-K continue to present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2018, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. KPMG’s opinion on the Company’s financial statements remains unchanged.
The Company intends to (1) file an amendment to its fiscal 2018 Form 10-K to appropriately revise Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures and include KPMG’s revised report thereon and (2) to amend its intervening quarterly reports on Form 10-Q to appropriately revise the disclosures regarding its disclosure controls and procedures. To remediate the material weakness, the Company is in the process of implementing certain changes to its internal controls.
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. | |||
MEREDITH CORPORATION | ||
Registrant | ||
/s/ Joseph Ceryanec | ||
Joseph Ceryanec | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
Date: April 4, 2019 | ||