# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001413898
**File Stem:** 0001413898-25-000083
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 4931
**Document Hash:** ad3b5e53adfb2066097bd9e0823ddde3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001413898-25-000083.hdr.sgml**: 20250915

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001413898-25-000083

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DEFA14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250915

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250915

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** DallasNews Corp
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001413898
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NEWSPAPERS:  PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 383765318
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** TX
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DEFA14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-33741
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251313163

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1954 COMMERCE STREET
- **CITY:** DALLAS
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75201
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 214-977-7342

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** P.O. BOX 224866
- **CITY:** DALLAS
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75222-4866

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** A. H. Belo Corp
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20210628

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** DallasNews Corp
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20210625

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** A. H. Belo Corp
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20130206

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**SCHEDULE 14A**

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On September 15, 2025, DallasNews Corporation furnished the following letter to its shareholders:

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**Attention All DallasNews Corporation Shareholders** 

**<u>Hearst Has Increased Its Offer to Acquire DallasNews</u>**

**Don't Delay - Vote FOR the Hearst Merger Today and Secure $16.50 Per Share**

DallasNews Corporation (Nasdaq: DALN) has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hearst, one of the nation's most distinguished news organizations, at a significant premium.

**<u>Hearst Has Confirmed the Enhanced Offer of $16.50 Per Share is the Best and Final Offer</u>**

 **If the Hearst Merger is Not Approved by Shareholders, DallasNews Will Remain a Standalone Public Company and its Shares May Return to their Pre-Announcement Trading Value of ~$4 per Share**

**Vote on the <u>Enclosed Proxy Card</u> Today to Secure a 276% Premium** 

**<u>Some of the Benefits of the Hearst Merger for Shareholders Include:</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Shareholders will be entitled to receive an enhanced all-cash payment of $16.50 per share.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· This represents a significant premium of 276% over the $4.39 closing price per share of Series A Common Stock on July 9, 2025 (the date prior to the announcement of the transaction).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· The Hearst Merger provides shareholders the opportunity to realize accelerated ROI and immediate liquidity, while eliminating company ownership risks for shareholders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Leading independent proxy advisory firms Glass, Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. recommend shareholders vote <u>FOR</u> the Hearst Merger.

**<u>Your Vote is Very Important No Matter How Many Shares You Own</u>**

**Two-Thirds of the Shares of Series A Common Stock, Two-Thirds of the Shares of Series B Common Stock and Two-Thirds of the Combined Voting Power of the Series A and Series B Common Stock Must Vote in Favor of the Hearst Merger**

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**The voting window is closing rapidly - it is important to act now**

**Not voting is the same as voting against the transaction**

<u>Vote FOR the Hearst Merger Today and Secure Certain Value for Your Investment</u>

To be certain your vote is cast by phone or internet, please vote on or before September 22, 2025, at 10:59 p.m. CT

**If you have questions about voting your proxy or require replacement proxy materials, please contact our proxy solicitors D.F. King & Co., Inc. toll-free +1 (866) 416-0577 or by email at DALN@dfking.com or Okapi Partners toll-free at +1 (844) 343-2621 or by email at Info@okapipartners.com**

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