UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On September 8, 2025, Fox Corporation (the “Company”) announced that the trustee and beneficiaries of the Murdoch Family Trust (the “MFT”) informed the Company that they have reached a mutual resolution of the legal proceedings in Nevada related to the MFT. New trusts will be established for the benefit of Lachlan Murdoch, Grace Murdoch and Chloe Murdoch; and Prudence MacLeod, Elisabeth Murdoch and James Murdoch (the “Departing Beneficiaries”) will cease to be beneficiaries in any trust holding shares in the Company.
On September 8, 2025, the Company also announced that trusts for the Departing Beneficiaries and his or her respective descendants and charitable organizations (the “Selling Stockholders”) intend to offer approximately 16.9 million shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B common stock”), previously held by the MFT in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”).
The Selling Stockholders will receive all of the proceeds from the Offering. The Company is not selling any shares of Class B common stock in the Offering and will not receive any proceeds from the Offering. The Offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Offering may be completed.
Copies of the Company’s press releases are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued by Fox Corporation, dated September 8, 2025. | |
| 99.2 | Press release issued by Fox Corporation, dated September 8, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL Document. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FOX CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Adam G. Ciongoli | |
| Name: | Adam G. Ciongoli | |
| Title: | Chief Legal and Policy Officer | |
Dated: September 8, 2025