Exhibit 99.1
Appendix 3E
Daily share buy-back notice
(exceptminimum holding buy-back and
selective buy-back)
Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 1/9/99. Origin: rule 3.6, Appendix 7C. Amended 30/9/2001.
Name of entity | | ARBN |
NEWS CORPORATION | | 111 480 561 |
We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
Information about buy-back
1 | Type of buy-back | ON MARKET |
2 | Date Appendix 3C was given to ASX | 14 JUNE 2005 |
Total of all shares bought back, or in relation to which acceptances have been received, before, and on, previous day
| | Before previous day | Previous day |
3 | Number of shares bought back or if buy-back is an equal access scheme, in relation to which acceptances have been received | NYSE 12,287,300 CLASS B 56,141,400 CLASS A ASX 16,850,550 CLASS B 4,335,049 CLASS A | NYSE 144,500 CLASS B 653,100 CLASS A ASX 0 CLASS B 0 CLASS A |
4 | Total consideration paid or payable for the shares | NYSE US$196,962,150 CLASS B US$876,461,648 CLASS A ASX A$384,941,424 CLASS B A$93,729,405 CLASS A | NYSE US$2,423,525 CLASS B US$10,354,443 CLASS A ASX A$0 CLASS B A$0 CLASS A |
| | Before previous day | Previous day |
5 | If buy-back is an on-market buy-back | NYSE-CLASS B highest price paid: US$17.77 date: 16 JUNE 2005 lowest price paid: US$15.01 date: 17 NOVEMBER 2005 NYSE-CLASS A highest price paid: US$16.99 date: 22 JUNE 2005 lowest price paid: US$14.29 date: 17 NOVEMBER 2005 ASX-CLASS B highest price paid: A$23.33 date: 17 JUNE 2005 lowest price paid: A$21.08 date: 6 DECEMBER 2005 ASX-CLASS A highest price paid: A$22.00 date: 14 JUNE 2005 lowest price paid: A$20.334| date: 26 SEPTEMBER 2005 | NYSE-CLASS B highest price paid: US$16.80 lowest price paid: US$16.75 NYSE-CLASS A highest price paid: US$15.91 lowest price paid: US$15.79 ASX-CLASS B highest price paid: NA lowest price paid: NA ASX-CLASS A| highest price paid: NA lowest price paid: NA highest price allowed under rule 7.33: ASX-CLASS B NA ASX-CLASS A NA |
Participation by directors
How many shares may still be bought back?
7 | If the company has disclosed an intention to buy back a maximum number of shares - the remaining number of shares to be bought back | |
Compliance statement
1. The company is in compliance with all Corporations Act requirements relevant to this buy-back.
2. There is no information that the listing rules require to be disclosed that has not already been disclosed,
or is not contained in, or attached to, this form.
Sign here: /s/ Robert K. Moon
Date: 16 December 2005
(Assistant Secretary-Australia)
Print name: Robert K Moon