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NEWS CORP — Director's Dealing 2014
Aug 19, 2014
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Director's Dealing
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
- 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) | ||||||||||||
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* | 2. Issuer NameandTicker | or Trading Symbol | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer | ||||||||||
| Halpin Kevin | NEWS CORP [NWS] | (Check all applicable) | |||||||||||
| _ Director ___ 10% Owner |
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| c/o News Corporation, 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Last) (First) (Middle) |
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/15/2014 |
X Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) DeputyChief Financial Officer |
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| (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 | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. | 7. Nature | ||||||
| (Instr. 3) | Date | Execution Date, if | Transaction | Acquired (A) | or | Following Reported Transaction(s) | Ownership | of Indirect | |||||
| (Month/Day/Year) | any | Code | Disposed of (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 | 08/15/2014 | M | 13,239 | A | (1) | 13,239 | D | ||||||
| Class A Common Stock | 08/15/2014 | F | 4,895 | D | $17.3 | 8,344 | D | ||||||
| Class A Common Stock | 08/15/2014 | M | 34,798 | A | (2) | 43,142 | D | ||||||
| Class A Common Stock | 08/15/2014 | F | 14,853 | D | $17.3 | 28,289 | D |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
| (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, | (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, | (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, | options, convertible securities) | options, convertible securities) | |||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative | 2. | 3. Transaction | 3A. Deemed | 4. | 5. Number of | 6. Date Exercisable and | 7. Title and Amount of | 8. Price of | 9. Number | 10. | 11. Nature | ||
| Security | Conversion | Date | Execution Date, if | Transaction | Derivative | 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) | (Instr. 5) | Securities | Derivative | Ownership | ||||||
| Derivative | or Disposed | Beneficially | Security: | (Instr. 4) | |||||||||
| Security | of (D) | Owned | Direct (D) | ||||||||||
| (Instr. 3, 4, | Following | or Indirect | |||||||||||
| and 5) | Reported | (I) | |||||||||||
| Code | V | (A) (D) |
Date Exercisable Expiration Date |
Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
Transaction (s) (Instr. 4) |
(Instr. 4) |
| Stock-Settled Restricted Share Units Stock-Settled Performance Share Units |
(3) 08/15/2014 M 13,239 (4) 08/15/2014 08/15/2014 Class A Common Stock 13,239 (1) 0 D (3) 08/15/2014 M 34,798 (5) 08/15/2014 08/15/2014 Class A Common Stock 34,798 (2) 0 D |
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Reporting Owners
| Reporting Owners | ||
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| Relationships | ||
| Reporting Owner Name / Address | Director 10% Owner Officer | Other |
| Halpin Kevin | ||
| c/o News Corporation 1211 Avenue of the Americas |
Deputy Chief Financial Officer | |
| New York, NY 10036 |
Signatures
/s/ Kenneth C. Mertz as Attorney-in-Fact for Kevin Halpin 08/19/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Explanation of Responses:
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If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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(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.
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(2) The stock-settled performance share units were deemed to have settled for an equivalent number of shares of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock.
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(3) Each restricted share unit and performance share unit is the economic equivalent of one share of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock.
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The number of 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 June 28, 2013.
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(4) 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 (the "Conversion Ratio").
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(5) The number of performance share units reported herein was adjusted in connection with the Separation based on the Conversion Ratio.
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