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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2003</B>
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<div align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-________</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B><BR>
&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;<BR>
<B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B><BR>
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<B>GANNETT CO., INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>16-0442930</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA</B><BR>
(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<B>22107</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;<BR>
<B>Gannett Co., Inc. 2001 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Thomas L. Chapple, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer<BR>
and General Counsel<BR>
Gannett Co., Inc.<BR>
7950 Jones Branch Drive<BR>
McLean, VA 22107</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(703)&nbsp;854-6000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copy to:<BR>
<B>James E. Showen, Esq.<BR>
Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P.<BR>
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20004-1109<BR>
(202)&nbsp;637-5600</B><BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Proposed maximum</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>to be</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>offering price</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>aggregate offering</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>registration</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>per share (1) (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>price (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">9,000,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">$74.785</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">$673,065,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">$54,451</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) and (h)&nbsp;solely for purposes of
calculating the amount of registration fee, based on the average of the
high and low prices per share of the Common Stock on May 1, 2003, as
reported on The New York Stock Exchange.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">In accordance with the terms of the Plan, the actual offering price of
each share shall be 100% of the &#147;Fair Market Value&#148; of a share of Common
Stock on the date on which an option is granted.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are filing this registration statement to register an additional
9,000,000 shares of our common stock for issuance pursuant to the Gannett Co.,
Inc. 2001 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The
increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan was
approved by our stockholders at our 2003 annual meeting, held on May&nbsp;6, 2003.
A registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-60402) was filed on May&nbsp;8,
2001 with respect to a total of 12,000,000 shares originally authorized for
issuance under the Plan. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8,
the contents of such earlier registration statement are incorporated herein by
reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the
information set forth herein. Only those Items of Form&nbsp;S-8 containing new
information not contained in the earlier registration statement are presented
herein. In accordance with the terms of Item&nbsp;8(a), no opinion of counsel as to
the legality of the securities has been provided because the shares to be
issued will be issued from our treasury.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby incorporate by reference into this registration statement the
following documents filed with the Commission:
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;29, 2002, which was filed on March&nbsp;18, 2003, including
information incorporated by reference in the Form&nbsp;10-K from our
definitive proxy statement for our 2003 annual meeting of
stockholders, which was filed on the same date; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">the description of our common stock contained in our
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-B, filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the
Exchange Act, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents and reports subsequently filed by us pursuant
to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents or reports. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this registration statement.
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</B>
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Gannett Co., Inc. 2001 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants.</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of McLean, Commonwealth of Virginia on
this 6th day of May, 2003.
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GANNETT CO., INC.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Thomas L. Chapple</FONT></TD>
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Thomas L. Chapple<BR>
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer<BR>
and General Counsel</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Douglas H. McCorkindale, Gracia C. Martore and
Thomas L. Chapple, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
on this 6th day of May, 2003:
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Douglas H. McCorkindale<HR size="1" noshade>
Douglas H. McCorkindale</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Gracia C. Martore<HR size="1" noshade>
Gracia C. Martore</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial<BR>
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ H. Jesse Arnelle<HR size="1" noshade>
H. Jesse Arnelle</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Meredith A. Brokaw<HR size="1" noshade>
Meredith A. Brokaw</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James A. Johnson<HR size="1" noshade>
James A. Johnson</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Stephen P. Munn<HR size="1" noshade>
Stephen P. Munn</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Donna E. Shalala<HR size="1" noshade>
Donna E. Shalala</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Solomon D. Trujillo<HR size="1" noshade>
Solomon D. Trujillo</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Karen Hastie Williams<HR size="1" noshade>
Karen Hastie Williams</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2003
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
________________
GANNETT CO., INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
16-0442930
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
22107
(Zip Code)
________________
Gannett Co., Inc. 2001 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Thomas L. Chapple, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
and General Counsel
Gannett Co., Inc.
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107
(Name and address of agent for service)
(703) 854-6000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
James E. Showen, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-1109
(202) 637-5600
________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
Registered
per share (1) (2)
price (1)
fee (1)
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
9,000,000
$74.785
$673,065,000
$54,451
(1)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for purposes of
calculating the amount of registration fee, based on the average of the
high and low prices per share of the Common Stock on May 1, 2003, as
reported on The New York Stock Exchange.
(2)
In accordance with the terms of the Plan, the actual offering price of
each share shall be 100% of the "Fair Market Value" of a share of Common
Stock on the date on which an option is granted.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
We are filing this registration statement to register an additional
9,000,000 shares of our common stock for issuance pursuant to the Gannett Co.,
Inc. 2001 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). The
increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan was
approved by our stockholders at our 2003 annual meeting, held on May 6, 2003.
A registration statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-60402) was filed on May 8,
2001 with respect to a total of 12,000,000 shares originally authorized for
issuance under the Plan. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8,
the contents of such earlier registration statement are incorporated herein by
reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the
information set forth herein. Only those Items of Form S-8 containing new
information not contained in the earlier registration statement are presented
herein. In accordance with the terms of Item 8(a), no opinion of counsel as to
the legality of the securities has been provided because the shares to be
issued will be issued from our treasury.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We hereby incorporate by reference into this registration statement the
following documents filed with the Commission:
(1)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 29, 2002, which was filed on March 18, 2003, including
information incorporated by reference in the Form 10-K from our
definitive proxy statement for our 2003 annual meeting of
stockholders, which was filed on the same date; and
(2)
the description of our common stock contained in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-B, filed under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
In addition, all documents and reports subsequently filed by us pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents or reports. Any statement contained in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this registration statement.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Exhibit
10.1
Gannett Co., Inc. 2001 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
2
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of McLean, Commonwealth of Virginia on
this 6th day of May, 2003.
GANNETT CO., INC.
By:
/s/ Thomas L. Chapple
Thomas L. Chapple
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
and General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Douglas H. McCorkindale, Gracia C. Martore and
Thomas L. Chapple, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
on this 6th day of May, 2003:
Signature
Title
/s/ Douglas H. McCorkindale
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
/s/ Gracia C. Martore
Gracia C. Martore
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ H. Jesse Arnelle
H. Jesse Arnelle
Director
/s/ Meredith A. Brokaw
Meredith A. Brokaw
Director
/s/ James A. Johnson
James A. Johnson
Director
/s/ Stephen P. Munn
Stephen P. Munn
Director
/s/ Donna E. Shalala
Donna E. Shalala
Director
/s/ Solomon D. Trujillo
Solomon D. Trujillo
Director
/s/ Karen Hastie Williams
Karen Hastie Williams
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Exhibit
10.1
Gannett Co., Inc. 2001 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).