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NWSA · NEWSPAPERS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING · 8-K · Item 8.01 · Aug 12, 2026

News Corp’s $1B buyback is 42% spent—but this filing adds little

$1B buyback underwaypriced in
$420.6M spent of $1B authorization
NEWS CORP (NWSA) — AllSight decodes this SEC 8-K in plain English, versus what the market expected.

This is a routine execution update, not a new capital-allocation decision. The company is required to report daily repurchases, while the underlying $1 billion program was authorized on July 15, 2025 and allows open-market or other purchases of Nasdaq-listed Class A and Class B shares; no ASX-listed CDIs are being repurchased. (Buy-back description)

MeasureFiling detail
Total authorization$1.0 billion (Buy-back description)
Cumulative spendingApproximately $420.6 million (Daily buy-back notification)
Remaining authorizationApproximately $579.4 million (calculated from Daily buy-back notification)
Shares bought on August 12, 202662,323 (Daily buy-back notification)
Consideration paid on August 12, 2026$1.77 million (Daily buy-back notification)
Cumulative shares bought before August 1210.659 million (Daily buy-back notification)

The program is meaningfully underway, but the day’s activity is too small to change the investment picture. The August 12 repurchase represented about 62,000 shares and $1.8 million, against 359.5 million Class A shares outstanding and a $579.4 million remaining authorization. (Daily buy-back notification)

The net read is neutral because the market already knew the authorization existed. The filing confirms continued execution and quantifies progress—roughly 42% of the authorization has now been spent—but it does not expand the program, accelerate its timetable, change the repurchase method, or introduce a new shareholder-return commitment. (Buy-back description; Daily buy-back notification)

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