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 18, 2020. A brief description of the matters voted
upon at the Annual Meeting and the voting results on such matters is set forth
below.
Proposal No. 1: The following individuals were elected to serve as Directors of
the Company:
Broker
Name For Against Abstain Non-Votes
K. Rupert Murdoch 160,158,809 23,032,577 295,927 1,976,714
Lachlan K. Murdoch 151,415,983 31,775,271 296,059 1,976,714
Robert J. Thomson 160,217,174 22,971,388 298,751 1,976,714
Kelly Ayotte 160,295,810 22,964,362 227,141 1,976,714
José María Aznar 143,935,725 39,323,571 228,017 1,976,714
Natalie Bancroft 144,738,910 38,522,223 226,180 1,976,714
Peter L. Barnes 141,284,783 41,975,440 227,090 1,976,714
Ana Paula Pessoa 150,673,419 32,586,913 226,981 1,976,714
Masroor Siddiqui 150,711,765 32,550,323 225,225 1,976,714
Proposal No. 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, 2021 passed as follows:
For: 184,615,492
Against: 624,012
Abstain: 224,523
Broker Non-Votes: 0
Proposal No. 3: A proposal to approve, on an advisory, nonbinding basis, the
Company's executive compensation passed as follows:
For: 174,424,825
Against: 8,838,910
Abstain: 223,578
Broker Non-Votes: 1,976,714
Proposal No. 4: A proposal to vote, on an advisory, non-binding basis, for the
preference as to the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive
compensation was voted upon as follows:
One year: 179,336,467
Two years: 6,330
Three years: 4,089,768
Abstain: 54,748
Broker Non-Votes: 1,976,714
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.
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Proposal No. 5: An advisory, nonbinding stockholder proposal regarding a simple
majority vote failed to pass as follows:
For: 55,207,571
Against: 128,053,307
Abstain: 226,435
Broker Non-Votes: 1,976,714
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