News Corp SEC Filings

News Corporation (NWS / NWSA) Form 4 summary: The filing reports multiple insider transactions by Keith Rupert Murdoch on 08/15/2025. Cash-settled performance stock units totaling 71,779 were deemed to have settled for an equivalent number of Class A common shares. Cash-settled restricted stock units totaling 10,931 and 14,108 were also deemed to have settled for equivalent shares. The filing shows shares withheld upon vesting to satisfy tax obligations, with withholding transactions of 37,479, 6,171 and 7,964 shares at a reported price of $29.80 per share. Certain reported lines indicate resulting beneficial ownership of 0 shares for those tranches, while one line reports 14,113 shares beneficially owned following the transactions.

News Corporation filed a Current Report on Form 8-K reporting that it furnished information to the Australian Securities Exchange via Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2. The furnished materials include "forward-looking statements," notably stating the company's intent to repurchase Class A and Class B common stock from time to time. The filing emphasizes that these statements reflect management's current expectations and are subject to market, legal, and other risks, and that the company does not undertake an obligation to update such statements except as required by law.

Form 144 notice filed for NWSA reporting proposed sale of Class A shares. The filer intends to sell 19,968 Class A shares through Fidelity Brokerage Services on NASDAQ with an approximate aggregate market value of $587,929.36. The filing shows the shares were acquired on 08/15/2025 via restricted stock vesting and the payment type is listed as compensation. The filing indicates no securities were sold by the reporting person in the past three months and includes the standard representation that the seller has no undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer.

Form 144 notice for News Corporation (NWSA) shows a proposed sale of 43,635 Class A shares through Fidelity Brokerage Services on 08/15/2025, with an aggregate market value of $1,297,142.99. The shares were acquired the same day as restricted stock vesting from the issuer and the consideration is recorded as compensation. The filing reports 376,442,848 Class A shares outstanding and indicates no securities sold by this person in the prior three months. Several issuer and filer identifying fields are not populated in the form.

Form 144 notice for News Corporation (NWSA) reports a proposed sale of 22,238 Class A shares valued at $663,330.21, to be executed on 08/15/2025 through Fidelity Brokerage Services on NASDAQ. The shares were acquired and vested as restricted stock on 08/15/2025 and are being sold as compensation. The filer reports no other sales in the past three months and affirms no undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. reports beneficial ownership of 19,153,201 shares of News Corp New Class A common stock, representing 5.1% of the class. The filing shows sole voting power over 17,963,283 shares and sole dispositive power over 19,117,243 shares, and identifies the reporting person as an investment adviser (IA).

The statement is filed as a Schedule 13G amendment and includes a certification that the securities are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired to change or influence control of the issuer. This disclosure documents a material passive stake above the 5% threshold while the filer expressly denies beneficial ownership for control purposes.

Independent Franchise Partners, LLP reports beneficial ownership of 9,423,928 shares of News Corporation Class B common stock, equal to 4.99% of the class. The filer discloses sole voting power over 9,330,848 shares and sole dispositive power over 9,423,928 shares, and is classified as an investment adviser (IA).

The filing indicates the stake is held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of the issuer. Items reporting ownership on behalf of others, subsidiary acquisitions, group membership, and group dissolution are marked as not applicable.

News Corporation reaffirmed that it maintains an authorized share repurchase program allowing the company to acquire up to $1 billion in the aggregate of its Class A and Class B common stock. The filing explains the company provides daily disclosures to the Australian Securities Exchange for transactions under the program and also includes program information in its quarterly and annual reports.

The filing attaches copies of the information provided to the ASX as exhibits and includes standard forward-looking statements cautioning that repurchase intent is subject to market conditions and legal limits and that the company does not undertake to update those statements except as required by law.

News Corporation reiterates that under its stock repurchase programs it is authorized to acquire up to $1 billion in the aggregate of its Class A and Class B common stock. The company says it provides daily disclosure of transactions under those programs to the Australian Securities Exchange and also discloses related information in its quarterly and annual reports. Copies of the information provided to the ASX are attached as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2.

The attached ASX disclosures include forward-looking statements about the company's intent to repurchase shares that the company describes as based on management expectations and subject to market, legal and other risks; the filing states these statements are made only as of the report date and disclaims any obligation to update them except as required by law. This filing does not specify executed repurchase amounts or timing.