1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUNE 8, 2001 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware 0-30700 84-1524410 (State or other (Commission File (IRS Employer Jurisdiction of Number) Identification No.) Incorporation) 6430 S. FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE, SUITE 500 GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (303) 220-7990 Registrant's telephone number, including area code 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS Attached as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a press release dated June 8, 2001, in which Crown Media Holdings, Inc. announced that it has received a complaint filed by a person claiming to be a stockholder regarding the Company's proposed purchase of approximately 700 film titles and related property and rights from Hallmark Entertainment Distribution, LLC, and that the Company has postponed the vote of its stockholders on the acquisition of the films until later in June, 2001, so that stockholders may be informed of this development. 2 3 ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS The following exhibits are filed with this Report: Exhibit No. Document 99 Press Release of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. dated June 8, 2001 concerning the complaint and postponed stockholder vote 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. CROWN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC. (Registrant) Date June 8, 2001 By /s/ William J. Aliber -------------- ------------------------------------ William J. Aliber Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 3 4 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DOCUMENT ------- -------- 99 Press Release of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. dated June 8, 2001 concerning the complaint and postponed stockholder vote