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Ownership Document |
Schema Version: X0508 |
Document Type: 4 |
Period of Report: 4/10/24 |
Not Subject to Section 16: 0 |
Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 1564708 |
| Issuer Name: NEWS CORP |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: NWS |
Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1579381 |
| | Owner Name: Siddiqui Masroor |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: C/O NEWS CORPORATION |
| | Owner Street 2: 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS |
| | Owner City: NEW YORK |
| | Owner State: NY |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 10036 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? Yes |
| | Is Officer? No |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| | Officer Title: |
| | Other Text: |
Aff 10b5 One: 0 |
Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Class A Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 4/10/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 13 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Footnote ID: F1 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 13 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Class A Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 4/10/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: D |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 13 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 25.51 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 0 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
Derivative Table: |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Deferred Stock Units |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 4/10/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: A |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 196 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 25.51 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F3 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F3 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Class A Common Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 196 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 51,024 |
| Footnote ID: F4 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Deferred Stock Units |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 4/10/24 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 13 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Footnote ID: F1 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F5 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F5 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Class A Common Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 13 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 51,011 |
| Footnote ID: F4 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: The deferred stock units were deemed to have settled for the cash value of an equivalent number of shares of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock. |
| Footnote - F2: Each deferred stock unit represents the equivalent of one share of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock. |
| Footnote - F3: Represents dividend equivalents accrued with respect to deferred stock units previously granted, which become payable in cash upon vesting of the underlying deferred stock units. |
| Footnote - F4: Represents the aggregate number of deferred stock units held by the Reporting Person, including deferred stock units accrued as a result of dividend equivalents that vest on the same terms as the respective underlying deferred stock units. The reported deferred stock units become payable in cash on the earlier of (i) the first trading day of the quarter five years following the respective grant and (ii) the Reporting Person's end of service as a Director. |
| Footnote - F5: The deferred stock units, which represent dividend equivalents accrued on deferred stock units held as of the dividend record date that vested on April 1, 2024, became payable in cash on the dividend payment date of April 10, 2024. |
Remarks: |
Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: /s/ Kenneth C. Mertz as Attorney-in-Fact for Masroor Siddiqui |
| Signature Date: 4/12/24 |