secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWS CORP (NWSA)
CIK:        0001564708
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564708-25-000586
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 3.03, 5.03, 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud

News Corp stockholders approve charter amendments on officer liability and forum selection; Allen extends employment
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- Ruth Allen's amended employment agreement extends term to Dec 2028 with $900k base salary, $900k annual bonus target, and $1.1M annual equity target.
- Charter amendments approved: limit officer liability (92.3% for), eliminate corporate opportunity waiver (100% for), add federal forum selection (95.7% for).
- All seven director nominees elected (e.g., L. Murdoch 90.2%, R. Thomson 99.2%); Ernst & Young ratified as auditor (99.0%); advisory say-on-pay passed (88.8% for).
- Fiscal 2025 record: revenue ~$8.5B, segment EBITDA $1.4B, net income $648M, free cash flow $571M; Board authorized $1B stock repurchase.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470825000586/0001564708-25-000586-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470825000586/nws-20251118.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-25-000586

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