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NEWS CORP — Director's Dealing 2014
Jan 6, 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) | Print or Type Responses) | |||||||||||||
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| 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* | 2. Issuer Name | andTicker or Trading Symbol | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer | ||||||||||||
| BANCROFT NATALIE | NEWS CORP [NWS] | (Check all applicable) | |||||||||||||
| c/o News Corporation, 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Last) (First) (Middle) |
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/02/2014 |
X Director _____ Officer (give title below) |
_ 10% Owner ___ Other (specify below) |
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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 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 |
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| (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 | 01/02/2014 | M 6,651 A |
(1) 6,651 |
D | |||||||||||
| Class A Common Stock | 01/02/2014 | D 6,651 D |
$17.95 0 | D | |||||||||||
| 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 |
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 |
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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) | |||||||||
| Deferred Stock Units |
(2) | 01/02/2014 | M | 6,651 (3) (3) |
Class A Common Stock 6,651 |
(1) | 0 | D |
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
Class A 1,740[(4)][(4)] Common 1,740 $17.95 1,740 D Stock
Deferred Stock (2) 01/02/2014 Units
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Reporting Owners
| Signatures Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other BANCROFT NATALIE c/o News Corporation 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 X /s/ Kenneth C. Mertz as Attorney-in-Fact for Natalie Bancroft ** ~~S~~ignature of Reporting Person |
01/06/2014 |
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| Date |
Signatures
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 deferred stock units were deemed to have settled for the cash value of an equivalent number of shares of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock.
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(2) Each deferred stock unit represents the equivalent of one share of News Corporation Class A Common Stock.
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(3) The deferred stock units became payable in cash on January 2, 2014, the fifth anniversary of the grant date.
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(4) The deferred stock units become payable in cash upon the fifth anniversary of the grant date.
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