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NEWS CORP

For the period ended Nov 19, 2025. Filed Oct 8, 2025.

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Nov 19, 2025 · Filed Oct 8, 2025

NWS$28.96-0.0%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026
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Appendix BB-1

ARTICLE XI

[Reserved]Section 1. Certain Acknowledgements; Definitions

It is recognized that (a) certain Covered Stockholders, directors and officers of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Overlap Persons”) are or may become stockholders, directors, officers, employees and agents of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (f/k/a News Corporation) (“Fox”) and its affiliates (excluding any entity that is an affiliate by reason of being an affiliate of a Covered Stockholder without regard to Fox’s control thereof) and their respective successors (each of the foregoing is an “Other Entity”), (b) the Corporation and its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, may engage in the same, similar or related lines of business as those engaged in by any Other Entity and other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which such Other Entity may engage, (c) the Corporation or its subsidiaries may have an interest in the same areas of business opportunity as an Other Entity, (d) the Corporation will derive substantial benefits from the service as directors or officers of the Corporation and its subsidiaries of Overlap Persons, and (e) it is in the best interests of the Corporation that the rights of the Corporation, and the duties of any Overlap Persons, be determined and delineated as provided in this Article XI in respect of any Potential Business Opportunities (as defined below) and in respect of the agreements and transactions referred to herein. The provisions of this Article XI will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, regulate and define the conduct of the business and affairs of the Corporation and its Covered Stockholders, officers and directors who are Overlap Persons in connection with any Potential Business Opportunities and in connection with any agreements and transactions referred to herein. Nothing in this Article XI is intended to, and will not be construed to, expand any person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law. Any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring, including without limitation pursuant to the distribution of stock of the Corporation from Fox, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or any interest therein, will be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article XI. References in this Article XI to “directors,” “officers,” “employees” and “agents” of any person will be deemed to include those persons who hold similar positions or exercise similar powers and authority with respect to any other entity that is a limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other non-corporate entity. The term “person” as used in this Article XI shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a). For the purpose of this Article XI, “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified person, any other person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified person. For the purpose of this Article XI, “Covered Stockholders” shall mean stockholders of the Corporation who are: (x) K. Rupert Murdoch, his wife, child or more remote issue, or brother or sister or child or more remote issue of a brother or sister (the “Murdoch Family”) or (y) any person directly or indirectly controlled by one or more members of the Murdoch Family (a “Murdoch Controlled Person”); provided that a trust and the trustees of such trust shall be deemed to be controlled by any one or more members of the Murdoch Family if a majority of the trustees of such trust are members of the Murdoch Family or may be removed or replaced by any one or more of the members of the Murdoch Family and/or Murdoch Controlled Persons; provided further, however, that no person who previously constituted a “Covered Stockholder” of the Corporation shall continue to constitute a “Covered Stockholder” of the Corporation from and after the first date upon which all such “Covered Stockholders” beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than ten (10) percent of the voting common stock of either Fox or the Corporation. The term “beneficial ownership” as used in this Article XI shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

Section 2. Duties of Directors and Officers Regarding Potential Business Opportunities; Renunciation of Interest in Potential Business Opportunities

If a Covered Stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation who is an Overlap Person is presented or offered, or otherwise acquires knowledge of, a potential transaction or matter that may constitute or present a business opportunity for the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, in which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries could, but for the provisions of this Article XI, have an interest or expectancy (any such transaction or matter, and any such actual or potential business opportunity, a “Potential Business Opportunity”), (a) such Overlap Person will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty or obligation to refrain from referring such Potential Business Opportunity to any Other Entity and, if such Overlap Person refers such Potential Business Opportunity to an Other Entity, such Overlap Person shall have no duty or obligation to refer such Potential Business Opportunity to the Corporation or to any of its subsidiaries or to give any notice to the Corporation or to any of its subsidiaries regarding such Potential Business Opportunity (or any matter related thereto), (b) if such Overlap Person refers a Potential Business Opportunity to an Other Entity, such Overlap Person, to the fullest extent permitted by law, will not be liable to the Corporation as a director, officer, stockholder or otherwise, for any failure to refer such Potential Business Opportunity to the Corporation, or for referring such Potential Business Opportunity to any Other Entity, or for any failure to give any notice to the Corporation regarding such Potential Business Opportunity or any matter relating thereto, (c) any Other Entity may participate, engage or invest in any such Potential Business Opportunity notwithstanding that such Potential Business Opportunity may have been referred to such Other Entity by an Overlap Person, and (d) if a Covered Stockholder, director or officer who is an Overlap Person refers a Potential Business Opportunity to an Other Entity, then, as between the Corporation and/or its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and such Other Entity, on the other hand, the Corporation and its subsidiaries shall be deemed to have renounced, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any interest, expectancy or right in or to such Potential Business Opportunity or to receive any income or proceeds derived therefrom solely as a result of such Overlap Person having been presented or offered, or otherwise acquiring knowledge of, such Potential Business Opportunity, unless in each case referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d), such Potential Business Opportunity satisfies all of the following conditions (any Potential Business Opportunity that satisfies all of such conditions, a “Restricted Potential Business Opportunity”): (A) the Overlap Person believed that the Corporation possessed, or would reasonably be expected to be able to possess, the resources necessary to exploit such Potential Business Opportunity; and (B) substantially all of such Potential Business Opportunity, at the time it is presented to the Overlap Person, is, and is expected to remain a Covered Business (as defined below); provided, that the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is directly engaged in that business at the time the Potential Business Opportunity is presented or offered to the Overlap Person. For purposes hereof, a “Covered Business” shall mean any of the following, either alone or in combination, (i) a business that primarily derives its revenue from the newspaper business in Australia, the United States or the United Kingdom, (ii) a business that primarily derives its revenue from providing free-standing inserts and in-store advertising and merchandising in the United States, (iii) a digital advertising business primarily deriving its revenue from real estate services in Australia, (iv) a business that primarily derives its revenue from book publishing in the United States or the United Kingdom or (v) a digital education business focused on the K-12 learning market in the United States. The Corporation hereby renounces, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any interest or expectancy in any Potential Business Opportunity that is not a Restricted Potential Business Opportunity. In the event the Corporation’s board of directors declines to pursue a Restricted Potential Business Opportunity, Overlap Persons shall be free to refer such Restricted Potential Business Opportunity to an Other Entity or, to the extent consistent with their duties owed to the Corporation, engage in such Restricted Potential Business Opportunity on their own. For the purpose of this Article Xl, “primarily derives its revenue” means deriving a greater percentage of its revenue from that certain business and specific geographical area, as applicable, than from any other business and specific geographic area, and in any event at least 25% of its revenue.

Section 3. Certain Agreements and Transactions Permitted

No contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction (or any amendment, modification or termination thereof) entered into between the Corporation and/or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Fox and/or

B-2 | 2025 Proxy Statement any of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, before the Corporation ceased to be an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Fox shall be void or voidable or be considered unfair to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries solely because an Other Entity is a party thereto, or because any directors, officers or employees of an Other Entity were present at or participated in any meeting of the board of directors, or a committee thereof, of the Corporation, or the board of directors, or committee thereof, of any subsidiary of the Corporation, that authorized the contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction (or any amendment, modification or termination thereof), or because his, her or their votes were counted for such purpose. The Corporation may from time to time enter into and perform, and cause or permit any of its subsidiaries to enter into and perform, one or more contracts, agreements, arrangements or transactions (or amendments, modifications or supplements thereto) with an Other Entity. To the fullest extent permitted by law and the provisions of Article XI, Section 2 of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, no such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction (nor any such amendments, modifications or supplements), nor the performance thereof by the Corporation, or any subsidiary of the Corporation, or by an Other Entity, shall be considered contrary to any fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation (or to any subsidiary of the Corporation, or to any stockholder of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries) by any director or officer of the Corporation (or by any director or officer of any subsidiary of the Corporation) who is an Overlap Person by reason of the fact that such person is an Overlap Person. To the fullest extent permitted by law and the provisions of Article XI, Section 2 of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, no director or officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation who is an Overlap Person thereof shall have or be under any fiduciary duty to the Corporation (or to any subsidiary of the Corporation, or to any stockholder of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries) by reason of the fact that such person is an Overlap Person to refrain from acting on behalf of the Corporation or Fox, or any of their respective subsidiaries, in respect of any such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction or performing any such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction in accordance with its terms and each such director or officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation who is an Overlap Person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, and shall be deemed not to have breached his or her duties of loyalty to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective stockholders, and not to have derived an improper personal benefit therefrom.

Section 4. Amendment of Article XI

No alteration, amendment or repeal of, or adoption of any provision inconsistent with, any provision of this Article XI will have any effect upon (a) any agreement between the Corporation or a subsidiary thereof and any Other Entity, that was entered into before the time of such alteration, amendment or repeal or adoption of any such inconsistent provision (the “Amendment Time”), or any transaction entered into in connection with the performance of any such agreement, whether such transaction is entered into before or after the Amendment Time, (b) any transaction entered into between the Corporation or a subsidiary thereof and any Other Entity, before the Amendment Time, (c) the allocation of any business opportunity between the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof and any Other Entity before the Amendment Time, or (d) any duty or obligation owed by any Covered Stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation (or the absence of any such duty or obligation) with respect to any Potential Business Opportunity which such Covered Stockholder, director or officer was offered, or of which such Covered Stockholder, director or officer otherwise became aware, before the Amendment Time (regardless of whether any proceeding relating to any of the above is commenced before or after the Amendment Time).

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