NWS · 8-K · 20261102PR000241

Capital Return Program

NEWS CORP · 2026-11-02 · Importance 50 · Surprise 24 · No source text

News Corporation’s 2025 Repurchase Program authorizes purchases of up to US$1 billion of Nasdaq-listed Class A and Class B common stock. As of the November 2, 2026 notification, the Company had purchased approximately US$562.9 million of shares under the program; it reported 58,482 securities bought back on the previous day for US$1,719,394.19. Purchases may be made from time to time in the open market or otherwise, subject to market conditions, the stock’s market price and other factors; no ASX-listed CDIs will be repurchased.

Key facts

• NEWS CORP’s 2025 Repurchase Program authorizes repurchases of up to an aggregate of US$1 billion of Nasdaq-listed Class A and Class B common stock. source
• NEWS CORP may purchase up to an aggregate of US$1 billion of Class A and Class B common stock under the 2025 Repurchase Program. source
• As of the end of the previous day, NEWS CORP had purchased approximately US$562,876,003 worth of Class A and Class B shares under the 2025 Repurchase Program, based on total consideration paid. source
• NEWS CORP reported total consideration of US$368,419,264.23 before the previous day and US$1,719,394.19 on the previous day for securities bought back. source
• NEWS CORP will not repurchase any ASX-listed CDIs under the repurchase programs. source
• Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the broker named to offer to buy back NEWS CORP securities on its behalf. source
• NEWS CORP reported 357,709,203 securities on issue in the class subject to the buy-back. source
• NEWS CORP’s buy-back is for cash consideration, with the price to be paid not yet known; the consideration currency is US dollars. source

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