secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWS CORP (NWSA)
CIK:        0001564708
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-05T23:33:05+00:00
Accession:  0001564708-26-000216
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

News Corp ASX buyback update: ~$515M of $1B program used; 89,451 shares repurchased Oct 5
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- Class A: 12,795,972 shares repurchased for US$335,893,755.32 to date; 62,323 shares bought back on Oct 5, 2026 at US$28.42-$28.97.
- Class B: 5,937,091 shares repurchased for US$176,233,377.19 to date; 27,128 shares bought back on Oct 5, 2026 at US$31.39-$32.02.
- Total consideration paid to date under the 2025 Repurchase Program (authorized July 15, 2025): approximately US$514,782,678 of the US$1 billion authorization.
- Program price range: Class A low US$22.20 (Feb 9, 2026) to high US$31.58 (Aug 27, 2026); Class B low US$25.49 (Feb 13, 2026) to high US$35.69 (Aug 27, 2026).
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the buyback broker; shares on issue: 358,831,617 Class A and 140,881,721 Class B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000216/0001564708-26-000216-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000216/nws-20261005.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000216

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