Item 5.07Item 5.07 - Submission of Matters to Vote
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
News Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on November 5, 2026. A brief description of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the voting results on such matters are set forth below. Each matter was decided by poll and all votes were submitted via valid proxies received before the Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1: The following individuals were each elected to serve as a Director of the Company:
Name For Against Abstain Broker
Non-Votes
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Lachlan K. Murdoch 134,517,212 10,188,853 11,903 2,835,748
93.0% 7.0%
Robert J. Thomson 144,152,401 556,892 8,675 2,835,748
99.6% 0.4%
José María Aznar 118,304,666 26,402,736 10,566 2,835,748
81.8% 18.2%
Natalie Bancroft 135,989,504 8,719,374 9,090 2,835,748
94.0% 6.0%
Ana Paula Pessoa 140,573,702 4,134,125 10,141 2,835,748
97.1% 2.9%
Masroor Siddiqui 135,856,150 8,852,036 9,782 2,835,748
93.9% 6.1%
Proposal 2: A proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027 passed as follows:
For: 145,814,371
98.8%
Against: 1,731,964
1.2%
Abstain: 7,381
Broker Non-Votes: 0
Proposal 3: A proposal to approve, on an advisory, nonbinding basis, the Company’s executive compensation passed as follows:
For: 138,558,006
95.8%
Against: 6,079,512
4.2%
Abstain: 80,450
Broker Non-Votes: 2,835,748
Proposal 4: A proposal to vote, on an advisory, nonbinding basis, for the preference as to the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation was voted upon as follows:
1 Year: 143,641,007
99.3%
2 Years: 6,116
0.0%
3 Years: 1,062,390
0.7%
Abstain: 8,455
Broker Non-Votes: 2,835,748
The Company will include an advisory vote to approve executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation.
Item 7.01Item 7.01 - Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 5, 2026, Lachlan K. Murdoch, the Company’s Chair, and Robert J. Thomson, the Company’s Chief Executive, addressed stockholders at the Annual Meeting. A copy of Messrs. Murdoch’s and Thomson’s remarks prepared for the Annual Meeting is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
The information under this caption Item 7.01, including information furnished in any related exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.