secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWS CORP (NWSA)
CIK:        0001564708
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-05T10:36:07+00:00
Accession:  0001564708-26-000215
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

News Corp has repurchased 18.6M shares for ~$509M under its $1B 2025 buy-back program
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- Class A buybacks to date: 12,733,649 shares for US$334.1M; Class B: 5,909,963 shares for US$175.4M.
- On Oct 2, 2026 it bought 62,323 Class A shares for US$1.79M ($28.31-$28.96) and 27,128 Class B shares for US$858,107 ($31.25-$31.89).
- Total purchased under the 2025 Repurchase Program authorized July 15, 2025 is approximately US$512.1M of the US$1B authorization; about US$488M remains.
- Class A buyback prices have ranged from US$22.20 (Feb 9, 2026) to US$31.58 (Aug 27, 2026); Class B from US$25.49 (Feb 13, 2026) to US$35.69 (Aug 27, 2026).
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the buy-back broker; shares on issue are 358,831,617 Class A (NWSA) and 140,881,721 Class B (NWS).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000215/0001564708-26-000215-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000215/nws-20261002.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000215

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