Chandrashekar Lavanya 4

What Happened

• Chandrashekar Lavanya, Chief Financial Officer of News Corporation (NWS), was credited with two awards of stock-settled restricted stock units (derivative acquisitions) on 2026-04-08. The filings show 77 RSU-related shares at $24.43 each ($1,881) and 107 RSU-related shares at $24.43 each ($2,614), for a total of 184 shares valued at approximately $4,495.
• This was an award/acquisition (transaction code A), not an open-market purchase or sale. RSU awards are typically compensation-related and are not a direct market purchase signal.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-04-08; Filing date: 2026-04-09 (timely).
• Prices and values: 77 shares @ $24.43 = $1,881; 107 shares @ $24.43 = $2,614; total ≈ $4,495.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnotes:
  • F1: Each stock-settled restricted stock unit is economically equivalent to one share of News Corp Class A common stock.
  • F2: Part of these amounts represent dividend equivalents accrued on previously granted RSUs, payable in shares upon vesting.
• Transaction type: A = Grant/Award (derivative). No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, sale, gift, or tax withholding reported in the excerpt.

Context

• These awards represent compensation/vesting events (including dividend equivalents) rather than an insider buying or selling in the open market. For retail investors, awards signal management compensation alignment with shareholder interests but do not necessarily indicate a buy or sell conviction.
• Because these are stock-settled RSU-related shares, they convert to the economic equivalent of common shares when vested/settled.