secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NEWS CORP (NWSA)
CIK:        0001564708
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-13T10:58:21+00:00
Accession:  0001564708-26-000220
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: ~$525M spent under $1B buyback; 84K shares repurchased Oct 9
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- Cumulative under the July 15, 2025 $1B Repurchase Program: ~US$525,243,031 paid; 13,045,264 Class A and 6,045,532 Class B shares bought back.
- On Oct 9, 2026: 58,482 Class A shares bought at $28.91-$29.35 for US$1,705,539.81; 25,457 Class B shares at $32.00-$32.42 for US$818,928.78.
- Class A cumulative price range $22.20 (Feb 9, 2026) to $31.58 (Aug 27, 2026); Class B $25.49 (Feb 13, 2026) to $35.69 (Aug 27, 2026).
- Shares on issue: 358,555,706 Class A and 143,583,725 Class B; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the broker, and the stated reason is 'to enhance shareholder value.'

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000220/0001564708-26-000220-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000220/nws-20261009.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000220

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