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NEWS CORPORATION..

ASX:NWSMedia & Entertainment
537.8M shares on issueASX (delayed) · snapshot 28 Oct 2026537.8M fully diluted+0.0% if every option and right converts$46.43price · delayed$25.68BMarket capAt the previous close. On a day the price moves, shares × today’s price will differ. Prices delayed.
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Dilution risk

No issuance filings since 2024; no dilution pressure signals in current disclosures

MinimalVery high
Absolute levels — not a ranking against other companies.
Cash runwayno data — no quarterly (4C/5B) or half-year/annual (4D/4E) cash report on record
Share-count growth (24m)0.0%no issuance filings since 2024
Raise cadence (24m)0 cash raises
Options & rights overhang0.0% of shares
In-the-money supply0.0% of shares
Pending proposed issuesnone
Buying back6.4M shares (4.4% of issue)last bought 28 Oct 2026

News Corporation.. has not lodged any share-issuance (Appendix 2A) filings since January 2024, and no such filings are on record within the available window. The company has not conducted any capital raising activity in the past 24 months. No quarterly or half-year/annual cash report runway figure is on record, therefore no funding estimate is available. No proposed securities issues are currently pending.

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How much placement capacity does NWS have left?

None of the 15% placement capacity counted as used in the last 12 months (estimate). Under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 a company may place up to 15% of its shares in 12 months without shareholder approval.

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Options & rights overhang
0.0%
In the moneyAn option whose exercise price is below the last closing share price, so converting it pays. These are the options most likely to become new shares soon. supply
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Raises · last 12 months
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Cash cover · no cash report

Shares on issue — last 2 years

Ordinary shares on issue
Weekly counts from ASX records. Dots mark cash capital raises. Latest count 537.8M per ASX (delayed) (snapshot 28 Oct 2026).
540M550M560M570MDec 24Nov 25Oct 26buy-back537.8M
Buy-back
since 15 July 2025 · last bought 28 Oct 2026
6.4M shares bought — 4.4% of the 143.3M on issue, $190.3M spent · programme cap 1.00B shares.

Cumulative figures as stated by the company on its daily notice. Latest notice

Cash runway

No cash report on record. No Appendix 4C / 5BQuarterly cash reports: cash in, cash out and cash on hand. Explorers lodge a 5B, other early-stage companies a 4C. quarterly cash report and no 4D/4E half-year or annual cash-flow statement is on record for this company, so cash runway cannot be computed.

Issuance timeline

Latest 5 filings (Appendix 2AThe form a company lodges to have new securities quoted on the ASX. It restates how many of each class are on issue. quoted issues, 3G unquoted, 3H cancellations)

DateFormSecurityOn issue, per this filingSource
26 Oct 20263H · cancellationNWS : CLASS B VOTING COMMON STOCK-CDI 1:135.7MAppendix 3H
26 Oct 20263H · cancellationNWS : CLASS B VOTING COMMON STOCK-CDI 1:135.7MAppendix 3H
19 Oct 20263H · cancellationNWS : CLASS B VOTING COMMON STOCK-CDI 1:135.7MAppendix 3H
19 Oct 20263H · cancellationNWS : CLASS B VOTING COMMON STOCK-CDI 1:135.7MAppendix 3H
12 Oct 20263H · cancellationCLASS B VOTING COMMON STOCK-CDI 1:135.7MAppendix 3H

Each filing states the count for the security it names, as at its own reference date and in the units of that filing — so the newest row (35.7M) need not equal the current count above (537.8M).

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Every quoted and unquoted issue and cancellation on record, plus unquoted securities (Appendix 4.2).
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Securities on issue over time

Ordinary shares and every option and rights class, month by month over two years. The top edge is the fully diluted count.

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Securities on issue, by class
How the share count and each option and rights class moved, month by month, with every number in a table.
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Capital raises

No equity raises in the last 24 months.
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Forward supply

Every dated event on record that could add securities to the register — option expiries to their stated dates and proposed issues over the next 18 months, on one timeline.

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Placement capacity

How much stock a company can place without asking holders. Listing Rule 7.1 / 7.1ARule 7.1 lets a company issue up to 15% of its shares in 12 months without a shareholder vote. Rule 7.1A adds 10% for smaller companies whose holders approve it. allows 15% of ordinary securities in any 12 months, and every Appendix 3BNotice that a company proposes to issue new securities, such as a placement. The securities are not on issue until a later filing confirms it. states how much of it an issue uses.

No Appendix 3B in the last 12 months reports an issue under the 15% placement capacity (as at 2026-10-28).
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Placement capacity — LR 7.1 / 7.1A
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Pending proposed issues

No proposed issues (Appendix 3B) currently pending.

Options & convertible securities

No options or rights over unissued shares on record.

Director dealings

No director dealing notices (Appendix 3Y) on record.
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Ownership

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Top-20 holders & substantial holder notices
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Latest announcements

Headlines link to the source PDFs on the ASX announcements platform. Data as of 28 Oct 2026.