News Corp: director Jose Maria Aznar received 136 shares

What happened

• Jose Maria Aznar, director, had multiple transactions on Oct 7, 2026: exercised or converted derivative securities for 6 shares (reported as acquired), disposed 6 shares to the issuer at $28.55 for $171, and received a grant of 136 deferred stock units valued at $3,883. The filing also reports an additional exercise or conversion of 6 shares reported as disposed (no price shown).

Key details

• Transaction date(s): Oct 7, 2026.
• Prices and values: 6 shares disposed to issuer at $28.55 for $171; 136 deferred stock units recorded at $28.55 each for $3,883; other M-code exercises/dispositions reported with no price.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the filing.
• Relevant footnotes:
  • Deferred stock units were deemed to have settled for the cash value of an equivalent number of shares (F1).
  • Each deferred stock unit represents the equivalent of one share of News Corporation Class A common stock (F2).
  • Dividend equivalents accrued with respect to deferred stock units become payable in cash upon vesting (F3).
  • The reported deferred stock units represent the aggregate held and become payable in cash on the earlier of the first trading day of the quarter five years after grant or the director’s end of service (F4).
  • Deferred stock units representing dividend equivalents that vested on Oct 1, 2026, became payable in cash on Oct 7, 2026 (F5).

Why it may matter

• The filing shows derivative securities were exercised or converted and that deferred stock units were settled and became payable in cash; some shares were disposed to the issuer on the same day. This filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.