---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564708-26-000214"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWSA"
cik: "0001564708"
company_name: "NEWS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-02T00:09:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:30:01.897385+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# News Corp buyback hits ~US$509M of US$1B program; 89,451 shares repurchased Oct 1, 2026

## Summary
- Class A cumulative buybacks: 12,671,326 shares on issue-basis purchases for US$332,336,477; 62,323 shares bought Oct 1, 2026 for US$1,769,487 at $28.20-$28.72.
- Class B cumulative buybacks: 5,882,835 shares for US$174,525,876; 27,128 shares bought Oct 1, 2026 for US$849,394 at $31.08-$31.66.
- Total purchased under the 2025 Repurchase Program to date: approximately US$509,481,234 of the US$1 billion authorized on July 15, 2025.
- Shares on issue: 359,143,232 Class A (NWSA) and 141,017,361 Class B (NWS); Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the buyback broker.
- Stated reason for the repurchase program is 'to enhance shareholder value'; no ASX-listed CDIs will be repurchased.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564708-26-000214
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWSA
- cik: 0001564708
- company_name: NEWS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T00:09:23+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000214/0001564708-26-000214-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000214/nws-20261001.htm

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