---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564708-26-000218"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWSA"
cik: "0001564708"
company_name: "NEWS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-08T00:29:29+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:42:42.018565+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# News Corp has spent $520M of $1B buyback; added 89,451 shares for $2.64M on Oct 7, 2026

## Summary
- Class A: 62,323 shares repurchased Oct 7, 2026 for US$1,783,092.19; program-to-date 12,920,618 shares for US$339,468,502.88.
- Class B: 27,128 shares repurchased Oct 7, 2026 for US$855,278.02; program-to-date 5,991,347 shares for US$177,954,366.66.
- Roughly US$520,061,240 of the US$1 billion 2025 Repurchase Program (authorized July 15, 2025) has been used, leaving about US$480 million available.
- Program price range: 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).
- Shares on issue: 358,831,617 Class A and 140,881,721 Class B; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acts as buyback broker and no ASX-listed CDIs are being repurchased.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564708-26-000218
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWSA
- cik: 0001564708
- company_name: NEWS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T00:29:29+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000218/0001564708-26-000218-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000218/nws-20261007.htm

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