News Corp: director Natalie Bancroft received 136 shares

What happened

• Natalie Bancroft, director, had multiple transactions reported on Oct 7, 2026. The filing shows a grant of 136 deferred stock units at $28.55, valued at $3,883, and a disposition to the issuer of 6 shares at $28.55 for $171. The filing also reports exercises/conversions of derivative awards (6 shares) that were settled in cash.

Key details

• Transaction date: Oct 7, 2026. Filing date: Oct 9, 2026.
• Reported prices and values: grant (A) 136 shares at $28.55 for $3,883; disposition (D) 6 shares at $28.55 for $171. Exercise/conversion (M) entries show N/A price (cash settlement).
• Shares owned after the transactions: not specified in the supplied filing.
• Relevant footnotes: deferred stock units (DSUs) were deemed settled for the cash value of equivalent shares (F1); each DSU equals one share (F2); dividend equivalents on DSUs became payable in cash on Oct 7, 2026 (F3, F5); reported DSUs are payable in cash on the earlier of the first trading day of the quarter five years after grant or end of service (F4).

Why it may matter

• The filing shows exercises/conversions of derivative awards with cash settlement and a simultaneous disposition to the issuer (6 shares), consistent with cash-settled exercise rather than an open-market sale.
• The filing also reports a grant of 136 deferred stock units that are payable in cash under the plan's timing rules.
• A filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.