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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | |||
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. | SEC 1474 (9-02) |
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) |
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) |
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) |
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) |
8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) |
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) |
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) |
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
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Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
MURDOCH LACHLAN K C/O NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NY 10036 |
X |
/s/ Lawrence A. Jacobs as Attorney-in-Fact for Lachlan K. Murdoch | 11/25/2009 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
* | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). |
** | Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
(1) | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $12.00 to $12.13, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to News Corporation, any security holder of News Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (1), (3) and (4) to this Form 4. |
(2) | On November 2, 2009 the LKM Family Trust, of which the reporting person is a beneficiary, distributed to the reporting person all 4,364,716 shares of News Corporation Class A common stock held by the LKM Family Trust for no consideration. The reporting person then loaned the 4,364,716 shares to the Antium Pty Ltd ATF LKM Investment Trust, an entity controlled by the reporting person and of which the reporting person is a beneficiary (the "Investment Trust"), secured by an obligation to remit the shares or consideration received therefore. On November 18, 2009 the reporting person loaned 220,000 directly held shares to the Investment Trust, secured by an obligation to remit the shares or consideration received therefore. The shares reported in Column 4 were sold by the Investment Trust. |
(3) | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $12 to $12.0175, inclusive. |
(4) | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $12 to $12.045, inclusive. |