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The Fox board also recommended backing the deal but said that it
was aware of Comcast Corp's <CMCSA.O> moves to make an offer for
certain assets of the company.
Comcast said last week it was preparing a higher, all-cash offer
for most of the media assets of Fox, but sources say it will
only proceed if a federal judge next month allows AT&T Inc's <T.N>
planned $85-billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc <TWX.N>.
The announcement of the special meeting date comes after the
largest U.S. cable operator Comcast put pressure on Fox and its
shareholders to not rush into approving the Disney deal by going
public with its plans of a "superior" offer.
Disney in December offered stock then worth $52.4 billion to buy
Fox's film, television and international businesses to beef up
its offering against streaming rivals Netflix Inc <NFLX.O> and
Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O>.
A regulatory filing in April showed Comcast offered to buy most
of Fox's assets in an all-stock deal valued at $34.41 per share,
or $64 billion last November, just before Disney's offer was
agreed upon.
(Reporting by Sonam Rai in Bengaluru; editing by Patrick Graham
and Shounak Dasgupta)
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