Insider trade

Officer sold ~$624K of NWSA shares in the open market

Traded Aug 17, 2026 · Filed Aug 19, 2026

~$624K
Reported value · 22K sh @ $28.9917: -0.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -1.1%, $28.70 → $28.64 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

News Corp (Class A)'s Chief Human Resources Officer sold $624K of News Corp (Class A) shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

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 Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 17, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 19, 2026

Officer$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$623,930

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

12 days after results of Aug 5, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $28.70 on Aug 17, 2026, 28% above its 52-week low and 8% below its high, after an 8% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $22.40 (Feb 12, 2026) to $31.03 (Sep 29, 2025), 73% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $26.64 on Jul 6, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+5.1%	-0.4%	+5.5%
30 days	+1.1%	-1.0%	+2.1%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0002012354-26-000003
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: Ruth Allen
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Human Resources Officer
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 17, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 21,521
Price per share: $28.9917
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 0
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $28.71 to $29.06, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to News Corporation, any security holder of News Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

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