Appendix 3B
New issue announcement
+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.
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Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5
Appendix 3B
New issue announcement,
application for quotation of additional securities
and agreement
Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information
and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.
Name of entity
News Corporation
ABN
111 480 561
We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
Part 1 - All issues
You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).
1
+
Class of
+
securities issued or to
be issued
Class A Non-Voting Common Stock
(NWSLV)
2
Number of
+
securities issued or
to be issued (if known) or
maximum number which may be
issued
12,500
3
Principal terms of the
+
securities
(eg, if options, exercise price and
expiry date; if partly paid
+
securities, the amount
outstanding and due dates for
payment; if
+
convertible
securities, the conversion price
and dates for conversion)
Existing securities
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4 Do
the
+
securities rank equally in
all respects from the date of
allotment with an existing
+
class
of quoted
+
securities?
If the additional securities do not
rank equally, please state:
·
the date from which they do
·
the extent to which they
participate for the next
dividend, (in the case of a
trust, distribution) or interest
payment
·
the extent to which they do
not rank equally, other than in
relation to the next dividend,
distribution or interest
payment
Yes
5
Issue price or consideration
A$12.87 12,500 shares
6
Purpose of the issue
(If issued as consideration for the
acquisition of assets, clearly
identify those assets)
12,500 shares issued pursuant to the Long
Term Incentive Plan
7
Dates of entering
+
securities
into uncertificated holdings or
despatch of certificates
2 November 12,500 shares
Number
+
Class
8 Number
and
+
class of all
+
securities quoted on ASX
(including the securities in
clause 2 if applicable)
798,520,953
1,823,433,208
Class B Voting
Common Stock
Class A Non-Voting
Common Stock
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Number
+
Class
9 Number
and
+
class of all
+
securities not quoted on ASX
(including the securities in
clause 2 if applicable)
69,017,062
181,417
Options over Class
A Non-Voting
Common Stock
Class A Non-Voting
Common Stock
subject to the
exchange of Ruby
Newco Class B
Common Stock
issued under the
terms of the Dow
Jones merger
10
Dividend policy (in the case of
a trust, distribution policy) on
the increased capital (interests)
Pari passu
Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue
11 Is security holder approval
required?
12 Is the issue renounceable or
non-renounceable?
13
Ratio in which the
+
securities will
be offered
14
+
Class of
+
securities to which
the offer relates
15
+
Record date to determine
entitlements
16 Will holdings on different
registers (or subregisters) be
aggregated for calculating
entitlements?
Pari passu
17 Policy
for
deciding
entitlements
in relation to fractions
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18
Names of countries in which the
entity has
+
security holders who
will not be sent new issue
documents
Note: Security holders must be told how their
entitlements are to be dealt with.
Cross reference: rule 7.7.
19 Closing date for receipt of
acceptances or renunciations
20
Names of any underwriters
21
Amount of any underwriting fee
or commission
22 Names of any brokers to the
issue
23
Fee or commission payable to
the broker to the issue
24 Amount of any handling fee
payable to brokers who lodge
acceptances or renunciations on
behalf of
+
security holders
25 If the issue is contingent on
+
security holders' approval, the
date of the meeting
26 Date
entitlement
and
acceptance form and
prospectus or Product
Disclosure Statement will be
sent to persons entitled
27
If the entity has issued options,
and the terms entitle option
holders to participate on
exercise, the date on which
notices will be sent to option
holders
28
Date rights trading will begin (if
applicable)
29
Date rights trading will end (if
applicable)
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30 How
do
+
security holders sell
their entitlements in full through
a broker?
31 How
do
+
security holders sell
part of their entitlements through
a broker and accept for the
balance?
32 How do
+
security holders
dispose of their entitlements
(except by sale through a
broker)?
33
+
Despatch date
Part 3 - Quotation of securities
You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities
34
Type of securities
(tick one)
(a)
Securities described in Part 1
(b)
All other securities
Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid,
employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of
convertible securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(a)
Additional securities forming a new class of securities
Tick to indicate you are providing the information or
documents
35
If the
+
securities are
+
equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of
the additional
+
securities, and the number and percentage of additional
+
securities held by those holders
36
If the
+
securities are
+
equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional
+
securities setting out the number of holders in the categories
1 - 1,000
1,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 10,000
10,001 - 100,000
100,001 and over
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37
A copy of any trust deed for the additional
+
securities
Entities that have ticked box 34(b)
38 Number of securities for which
+
quotation is sought
39 Class
of
+
securities for which
quotation is sought
40 Do
the
+
securities rank equally in
all respects from the date of
allotment with an existing
+
class
of quoted
+
securities?
If the additional securities do not
rank equally, please state:
·
the date from which they do
·
the extent to which they
participate for the next
dividend, (in the case of a
trust, distribution) or interest
payment
·
the extent to which they do
not rank equally, other than in
relation to the next dividend,
distribution or interest
payment
41
Reason for request for quotation
now
Example: In the case of restricted securities,
end of restriction period
(if issued upon conversion of
another security, clearly identify
that other security)
Number
+
Class
42 Number and
+
class of all
+
securities quoted on ASX
(including the securities in clause
38)
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Quotation agreement
1
+
Quotation of our additional
+
securities is in ASX's absolute discretion. ASX
may quote the
+
securities on any conditions it decides.
2
We warrant the following to ASX.
·
The issue of the
+
securities to be quoted complies with the law and is
not for an illegal purpose.
·
There is no reason why those
+
securities should not be granted
+
quotation.
·
An offer of the
+
securities for sale within 12 months after their issue
will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6)
of the Corporations Act.
Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be
able to give this warranty
·
Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply
to any applications received by us in relation to any
+
securities to be
quoted and that no-one has any right to return any
+
securities to be
quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at
the time that we request that the
+
securities be quoted.
·
If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the
+
securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act
at the time that we request that the
+
securities be quoted.
3
We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any
claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the
warranties in this agreement.
4
We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any
information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before
+
quotation of the
+
securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on
the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and
complete.
Sign here: ............................................... Date: 05 November 2009
(Assistant Company Secretary - Australia)
Print name:
Peter Jourdain
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