SEC Form 4 · accession 0001140361-17-016279
NEWS CORP · NWSA
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Masroor Siddiqui
Director
Period of report
Apr 19, 2017
Accepted (ET)
Apr 20, 2017 · 4:23 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001564708
Table I — non-derivative securities
No Table I lines on this filing.
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deferred Stock UnitsF2,F4,F1,F3 | — | Apr 19, 2017 | A | 70 | A | — | — | Class A Common Stock | 70 | 37,629 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1Each deferred stock unit represents the equivalent of one share of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock.
- F2Represents dividend equivalents accrued with respect to deferred stock units previously granted.
- F3The deferred stock units representing dividend equivalents become payable in cash upon vesting of the underlying deferred stock units.
- F4Represents the aggregate number of deferred stock units held by the Reporting Person, including deferred stock units accrued as a result of dividend equivalents that vest on the same terms as the respective underlying deferred stock units. The reported deferred stock units become payable in cash on the earlier of (i) the first trading day of the quarter five years following the respective grant and (ii) the Reporting Person's end of service as a Director.