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NEWS CORP — Director's Dealing 2014
Aug 13, 2014
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Director's Dealing
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FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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 | |||||||||||||||
| c/o News Corporation, (Last) |
1211 Avenue of the Americas (First) (Middle) |
3. Date of Earliest 08/11/2014 |
Transaction (Month/Day/Year) | X Officer (give title below) DeputyChief |
_____ Other (specify below) 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 |
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| (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) | ||||||||||||||
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly | or indirectly. | |||||||||||||||
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| Table II - | Derivative 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 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 |
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| (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) | ||||||||||
| Performance Share Units |
(1) | 08/11/2014 | A | 34,798(2) |
08/15/2014 08/15/2014 | Class A Common Stock 34,798 |
(1) | 34,798 | D |
Reporting Owners
Relationships Reporting Owner Name / Address Director 10% Owner Officer Other Halpin Kevin c/o News Corporation Deputy Chief Financial Officer 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036
Signatures
/s/ Kenneth C. Mertz as Attorney-in-Fact for Kevin Halpin 08/13/2014 ** ~~S~~ Date
** ~~S~~ ignature of Reporting Person
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) Each performance share unit is the economic equivalent of one share of the Company's Class A common stock.
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The performance share units were granted to the Reporting Person after the achievement of pre-determined performance measures over the three-year performance period and shall vest on August 15, 2014. The number of performance 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
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(2) 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.
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