NEWS CORP Expands Share Repurchase Program

By Chris Stiles • Monday, March 23 17:24 • Permanent Link

News Corporation said it has expanded its share repurchase activity under a 2025 program authorizing up to US$1 billion of Nasdaq-listed Class A and Class B stock.

As of the latest update, the company had bought back about US$132.4 million of shares under the program, leaving roughly US$867.6 million still available for repurchases. The program, authorized on July 15, 2025, covers both Class A and Class B common stock and does not include ASX-listed CDIs.

In the most recent daily buy-back notification, News reported repurchases on March 20, 2026 of 93,349 securities for US$2.25 million. That followed a much larger prior-day tally of 3.44 million securities bought back for US$83.37 million.

The company said the highest price paid in the buyback was US$27.21, recorded on Feb. 2, 2026, while the lowest price paid was US$22.20 on Feb. 9, 2026. In the latest filing, the company listed 366,490,917 securities on issue in the class covered by the repurchase program. As a result of these announcements, the company's shares have moved -1.69% on the market, and are now trading at a price of $26.25. Check out the company's full 8-K submission here.

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