NEWS CORP SPENDS $205.9M IN 2025 REPURCHASE PROGRAM

By Chris Stiles • Friday, April 24 11:15 • Permanent Link

News Corporation reported that its 2025 repurchase program had reached about US$205.9 million in total spend, after buying back another 70,004 shares on April 23, 2026 for US$1.84 million.

For the prior day, the company said it bought back 5,345,625 shares for US$130.7 million. That means the daily pace slowed sharply, with share count repurchased falling from more than 5.3 million to 70,004 and cash deployed dropping from US$130.7 million to US$1.84 million.

The company’s daily filing also showed the highest price paid in the program at US$27.21 on February 2, 2026, and the lowest at US$22.20 on February 9, 2026. The most recent purchase price disclosed for the previous day was US$26.67, compared with US$25.94 on the day before.

Under the repurchase authorization, News can buy up to US$1 billion of its Nasdaq-listed Class A and Class B shares. It said 364,894,672 Class A shares were on issue in the class subject to the buy-back. The market has reacted to these announcements by moving the company's shares -0.04% to a price of $24.26. For more information, read the company's full 8-K submission here.

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