secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWS CORP (NWSA)
CIK:        0001564708
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564708-26-000093
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

News Corp repurchases $2.8M of stock on May 1; $222.5M used under $1B buyback to date
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- May 1: bought 70,004 Class A shares for $1.85M at $26.40 avg price; 30,471 Class B for $0.93M at $30.58 avg.
- Cumulative repurchases under 2025 program: ~$222.5M of the authorized $1B as of May 1, 2026.
- Goldman Sachs is broker for Nasdaq-listed Class A (NWSA) and Class B (NWS) repurchases.
- Program authorized July 15, 2025; no ASX-listed CDIs are bought back.
- Management cites enhancement of shareholder value as reason for buyback.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000093/0001564708-26-000093-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000093/nws-20260501.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000093

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