News Corp Reports Second Quarter Results for Fiscal 2022

News Corp Reports Second Quarter Results for Fiscal 2022

Fiscal 2022 Second Quarter and First Half Key Financial Highlights

Revenues in the quarter were $2.72 billion, a 13% increase compared to $2.41 billion in the prior year and the highest quarterly revenue since separation. Revenues in the first half rose 15% year-over-year

Net income in the quarter was $262 million, flat compared to $261 million in the prior year. Net income in the first half rose 72% year-over-year

Total Segment EBITDA in the quarter was $586 million, an 18% increase compared to $497 million in the prior year. Total Segment EBITDA in the first half rose 30% year-over-year

In the quarter, Reported EPS were $0.40 compared to $0.39 in the prior year - Adjusted EPS were $0.44 compared to $0.34 in the prior year. In the first half, Reported diluted EPS were $0.72 and Adjusted EPS were $0.67

Digital Real Estate Services segment revenues grew 35% in the quarter, with continued traffic gains at Move, operator of realtor.com , and strong listing volumes at REA Group

Dow Jones again saw its highest quarterly profitability since its acquisition and highest revenue since fiscal 2011

As of the end of December, Foxtel's total streaming subscribers grew 66% compared to the prior year with BINGE and Kayo each reaching more than 1 million total subscribers

News Media Segment EBITDA in the quarter grew 68% as the businesses continued to benefit from the rebound in the advertising market, new content licensing revenues and strong digital subscriber gains

New York, NY - February 3, 2022 - News Corporation ( News Corp or the Company ) (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) today reported financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2021.

Commenting on the results, Chief Executive Robert Thomson said:

For the first half of fiscal year 2022, News Corp's profitability reached nearly $1 billion, up 30% year-over-year, with the second quarter delivering record revenues and the highest profit of any quarter since the company was formed in 2013.

Our businesses are thriving, particularly at the Digital Real Estate Services, Dow Jones and Book Publishing segments, and there was a pronounced surge in profitability at our News Media segment. Meanwhile, Foxtel's streaming products flourished, with a 66 percent increase in total customers, and Kayo and BINGE both exceeding one million.

We are delighted with our planned acquisitions of the OPIS and Base Chemicals businesses, which we expect will close in the first half of calendar 2022 and bolster the highly profitable Dow Jones Professional Information Business.

The landmark agreements with Big Tech continued to benefit our journalism and our bottom line. In addition to the substantial deals with Google and Facebook, we expanded our multi-year global agreement with Apple, which is expected to be an important source of subscriptions and of advertising revenue for our news sites around the world.

Our increasing momentum has given us the ability to make opportunistic acquisitions and further our $1 billion share buyback program. News Corp is clearly going from strength to strength.

Second Quarter Results

The Company reported fiscal 2022 second quarter total revenues of $2.72 billion, which was the highest quarterly revenue since separation and was also 13% higher compared to $2.41 billion in the prior year period. The increase reflects growth in all revenue lines, primarily in real estate and advertising, as well as recent acquisitions. Adjusted Revenues (which exclude the foreign currency impact, acquisitions and divestitures as defined in Note 2) increased 8%.

Net income for the quarter was $262 million, flat compared to $261 million in the prior year, reflecting higher Total Segment EBITDA, as discussed below, offset by lower Other, net, higher tax expense and higher interest expense.

The Company reported second quarter Total Segment EBITDA of $586 million, which was also the highest since separation. Total Segment EBITDA grew 18% compared to $497 million in the prior year, primarily due to higher revenues, as discussed above, partially offset by higher costs across all operating segments, including the impact of recent acquisitions. Adjusted Total Segment EBITDA (as defined in Note 2) increased 16%.

Net income per share attributable to News Corporation stockholders was $0.40 as compared to $0.39 in the prior year.

Adjusted EPS (as defined in Note 3) were $0.44 compared to $0.34 in the prior year.

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About News Corporation

News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content and other products and services. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including: digital real estate services, subscription video services in Australia, news and information services and book publishing. Headquartered in New York, News Corp operates primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, and its content and other products and services are distributed and consumed worldwide. More information is available at: www.newscorp.com.

Contacts:

Investor Relations

Michael Florin

212-416-3363

mflorin@newscorp.com

Leslie Kim

212-416-4529

lkim@newscorp.com

News Corp Corporate Communications

Jim Kennedy

212-416-4064

jkennedy@newscorp.com

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