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NEWS CORP director Natalie Bancroft reported routine compensation-related equity activity involving deferred stock units tied to Class A Common Stock. She received a grant of 157 deferred stock units on April 8, 2026, with each unit representing the equivalent of one share of Class A Common Stock and becoming payable in cash under the terms described.
On the same date, 6 deferred stock units, including dividend equivalents that had vested, were exercised into 6 shares of Class A Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.00 per share and then disposed of to the issuer at $24.43 per share for cash value. Following these transactions, she held 41,049 deferred stock units, which are payable in cash at specified future times.
News Corp director Jose Maria Aznar reported routine compensation-related transactions involving deferred stock units linked to Class A Common Stock. He received a grant of 157 deferred stock units at $24.43 per unit and exercised 6 deferred stock units into 6 Class A shares, which were then returned to the issuer at $24.43 per share.
Each deferred stock unit represents the value of one Class A share but is settled in cash, not stock, including dividend-equivalent units. After these transactions, Aznar holds 41,043 deferred stock units and 1,087 Class A Common shares directly, reflecting ongoing board compensation rather than open-market buying or selling.
SSGA Funds Management and State Street Corporation report beneficial ownership of 38,828,029 shares (10.6%) of News Corp. The filing lists shared voting power of 31,975,743 and shared dispositive power of 38,816,069 across affiliated State Street entities. The disclosure is made on a Schedule 13G and is signed by State Street officers.
News Corp director Masroor Siddiqui reported compensation-related deferred stock unit activity. On April 1, 2026, he exercised 1,644 deferred stock units that were settled in cash based on the value of an equivalent number of Class A shares and simultaneously disposed of 1,644 Class A shares to the issuer at $24.71. He also received a new grant of 1,972 deferred stock units, each representing the cash value of one Class A share, bringing his total deferred stock units to 40,892, payable in cash on scheduled future dates or upon the end of his board service.
NEWS CORP director Ana Paula Pessoa reported routine equity compensation activity involving deferred stock units tied to Class A Common Stock. She exercised 1,644 deferred stock units, which were deemed settled for the cash value of an equivalent number of Class A shares and then disposed of 1,644 Class A shares back to the issuer at $24.71 per share. She also received a new grant of 1,972 deferred stock units valued at $24.71 per unit, each representing the equivalent of one Class A share. Following these transactions, she held an aggregate 40,892 deferred stock units, which are payable in cash on specified future dates or upon the end of her service as a director, and held no Class A Common Stock directly.
NEWS CORP director Lachlan K. Murdoch reported compensation-related deferred stock activity. He exercised 1,644 deferred stock units, which were deemed settled for the cash value of an equivalent number of Class A Common Stock shares, and received a grant of 1,972 additional deferred stock units at $24.71 per unit.
Each deferred stock unit represents the equivalent of one Class A Common Stock share and becomes payable in cash on the first trading day of the quarter five years after grant or upon his end of service as a director. After these changes, he holds 114 Class A Common Stock shares directly and an aggregate 40,892 deferred stock units payable in cash under these terms.
News Corp director Natalie Bancroft reported compensation-related changes in deferred stock units and associated Class A Common Stock entries. She exercised 1,644 deferred stock units, which were deemed settled for the cash value of an equivalent number of Class A shares, and received a new grant of 1,972 deferred stock units valued using a reference price of $24.71 per share. Each deferred stock unit represents the value of one Class A share and is payable in cash, generally on the first trading day of the quarter five years after grant or upon her end of service as a director. Following these transactions, she held 40,892 deferred stock units, while her directly held Class A Common Stock position shown in this filing moved to zero after a matching 1,644-share disposition back to the issuer.
News Corp director Jose Maria Aznar reported compensation-related changes involving deferred stock units tied to Class A Common Stock. On April 1, 2026, he exercised 1,644 deferred stock units into an equivalent number of Class A shares, which were deemed settled for their cash value and returned to the issuer in a matching 1,644-share disposition.
He also received a new award of 1,972 deferred stock units valued at $24.71 per unit, each representing the value of one Class A share and payable in cash under the director plan. Following these transactions, he holds 1,087 Class A shares directly and 40,892 deferred stock units that are scheduled to be paid in cash based on plan timing or upon the end of his board service.
News Corporation reports ongoing activity under its stock repurchase program, which authorizes buy-backs of up to US$1 billion of its Nasdaq-listed Class A and Class B common stock under the 2025 Repurchase Program. The company files daily updates with the Australian Securities Exchange.
As of the notification dated 30 March 2026, one class had 366,050,844 securities on issue and the other had 141,420,202. Under the program, the company had bought back 3,880,596 securities in one class and 1,881,347 in the other before 27 March 2026, paying total consideration of US$94,011,277.46 and US$51,549,150.79, respectively.
The highest prices paid so far were US$27.21 and US$31.40, and the lowest were US$22.20 and US$25.49, depending on the class. Purchases are made for cash, through Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, and do not require additional security holder approval. Future repurchases remain subject to market conditions and other factors, and related statements are identified as forward-looking.
News Corporation entered into an amended and restated credit agreement providing unsecured $1,500,000,000 in total credit facilities. This includes a $1,000,000,000 five-year revolving credit facility and a $500,000,000 five-year term loan A facility, used to refinance its existing credit agreement and for general corporate purposes.
The revolving facility includes a $100,000,000 sublimit for letters of credit and can be increased, together with the term facility, by up to $250,000,000. All amounts are scheduled to mature on March 27, 2031. The term A loans amortize gradually each year, while the revolving facility does not amortize.
The agreement includes customary covenants and requires News Corporation to keep its adjusted operating income net leverage ratio at or below 3.5% to 1.0, with some flexibility after a material acquisition. On the same date, the company extended the maturity of its existing term A loans and borrowed an additional $43,750,000, bringing the aggregate term A loans to $500,000,000.