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NEWS CORP Director's Dealing 2014

Dec 1, 2014

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Director's Dealing

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 4

  • fgecd Check this box if no longer subject to Section STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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(Print or Type Responses)

Print or Type Responses) Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer NameandTicker or Trading Symbol 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Singh Bedi Ajay NEWS CORP [NWS] (Check all applicable)
_ Director
___ 10% Owner
c/o News Corporation, 1211 Avenue of the Americas
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/26/2014
X Officer (give title below)
_____ Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer
(Street) 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
New York, NY 10036 ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security 2. Transaction 2A. Deemed 3. 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned 6. 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) Date Execution Date, if Transaction (A) or Disposed of Following Reported Transaction(s) Ownership of Indirect
(Month/Day/Year) any Code (D) (Instr. 3 and 4) Form: Beneficial
(Month/Day/Year) (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Direct (D) Ownership
(A) or Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount or
(D)
Price (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock 11/26/2014 M 14,739 A (1) 14,739 D
Class A Common Stock 11/26/2014 F 8,228 D $15.45 6,511 D

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Table II - Derivative Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative 2. 3. Transaction 3A. Deemed 4. 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number 10. 11. Nature
Security Conversion Date Execution Date, if Transaction Derivative and Expiration Date Underlying Securities Derivative of Ownership of Indirect
(Instr. 3) or Exercise (Month/Day/Year) any Code Securities (Month/Day/Year) (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Derivative Form of Beneficial
Price of (Month/Day/Year) (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or (Instr. 5) Securities Derivative Ownership
Derivative Disposed of (D) Beneficially Security: (Instr. 4)
Security (Instr. 3, 4, and Owned Direct (D)
5) Following or Indirect
Reported (I)
Code V (A)
(D)
Date
Exercisable
Expiration
Date
Title Amount or
Number of
Shares
Transaction
(s)
(Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4)
Stock-Settled Class A
Restricted Share (2) 11/26/2014 M 14,739(3) (4) (4) Common 14,739 (1) 14,74~~0~~(4) D
Units Stock

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owners
Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Singh Bedi Ajay
c/o News Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
Chief Financial Officer
New York, NY 10036

Signatures

/s/ Kenneth C. Mertz as Attorney-in-Fact for Bedi Ajay Singh 12/01/2014 **Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

  • If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

  • ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

  • (1) The stock-settled restricted share units were deemed to have settled for an equivalent number of shares of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock.

  • (2) Each stock-settled restricted share unit is the economic equivalent of one share of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock.

  • The number of stock-settled restricted share units reported herein was adjusted in connection with the separation (the "Separation") of News Corporation from Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. ("Fox") on

  • (3) June 28, 2013. The adjustment was based on the ratio of the closing price on June 28, 2013 of Fox's Class A common stock and the volume weighted average price of News Corporation's Class A common stock over a 10-day period ending on July 15, 2013.

  • (4) The stock-settled restricted share units vest in two parts of which 14,739 vested on November 26, 2014 and 14,740 will vest on November 26, 2015.

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