---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-263379"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FOXA"
cik: "0001754301"
company_name: "Fox Corp"
filed_at: "2022-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T03:22:03.138698+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fox Corp forms special committee to explore potential combination with News Corp

## Summary
- Special committee of independent board members formed to evaluate a potential combination with News Corp (NWS, NWSA).
- Committee will consult with independent financial and legal advisors; no determination made yet.
- The exploration follows letters from K. Rupert Murdoch and the Murdoch Family Trust.
- No certainty that a transaction will occur; company will not comment further unless appropriate.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-263379
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FOXA
- cik: 0001754301
- company_name: Fox Corp
- filed_at: 2022-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1754301/000119312522263379/0001193125-22-263379-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1754301/000119312522263379/d352959d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-263379
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-263379.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-263379.txt

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