Form 8-K

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): May 4, 2004

 

 

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-26035   52-1106564
(Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2250 East Imperial Highway

El Segundo, California

   90245
(Address of Principal Executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(310) 964-0808

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if changed Since Last Report)

 

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On May 4, 2004, a press release was issued on the subject of first quarter 2004 consolidated earnings by The DIRECTV Group, Inc. The news release did not include certain financial statements, related footnotes and certain other financial information that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of The DIRECTV Group’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. A copy of the press release, dated May 4, 2004, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. On the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of each of The DIRECTV Group, Inc. and DIRECTV Holdings LLC contained in the press release, the line item “Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year” should be reflected as “Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period”.

 

This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

Date: May 4, 2004

  

By:

  

/s/ Larry D. Hunter

   

Name:

  

Larry D. Hunter

   

Title:

  

Executive Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.
  

Exhibit

99.1   Press Release, dated May 4, 2004

 

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