secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWS CORP (NWSA)
CIK:        0001564708
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-06T23:24:55+00:00
Accession:  0001564708-26-000217
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

News Corp buys back $2.64M of stock on Oct 6; ~$517M spent of $1B repurchase authorization
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- On Oct 6, 2026 News Corp repurchased 62,323 Class A shares for $1,781,527.88 (prices $28.29-$28.98) and 27,128 Class B shares for $858,663.59 (prices $31.32-$32.02).
- Under the 2025 Repurchase Program, authorized July 15, 2025 for up to US$1 billion, the company has bought approximately US$517,422,870 of Class A and Class B shares to date.
- Cumulative buybacks: 12,858,295 Class A shares for US$337,686,975; 5,964,219 Class B shares for US$177,095,703.06.
- Class A shares on issue total 358,831,617 and Class B 140,881,721; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the broker; no ASX-listed CDIs will be repurchased.
- Price range since inception: Class A US$22.20 (Feb 9, 2026) to US$31.58 (Aug 27, 2026); Class B US$25.49 (Feb 13, 2026) to US$35.69 (Aug 27, 2026).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000217/0001564708-26-000217-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000217/nws-20261006.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000217

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