Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Aug 15, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Aug 19, 2026
CEOOption exercise
Context
Classification
option exercise
Code M — exercise or conversion of a derivative security
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001579380-26-000003
Filed / recorded
Aug 19, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
NEWS CORP
Issuer CIK
1564708
Ticker
NWS
Reporting person
Robert J Thomson
Relationship
Director, Officer
Officer title
Chief Executive Officer
Security
Cash-Settled Restricted Stock Units
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Aug 15, 2026
Transaction code
M
Shares / units
35,322
Acquired / disposed
Disposed (D)
Shares owned after
35,328
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Each cash-settled restricted stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock.
Includes dividend equivalents accrued during the vesting period that are subject to the same time-based vesting conditions as the underlying cash-settled restricted stock units.
The cash-settled restricted stock units were deemed to have settled for an equivalent number of shares of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock.