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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;4, 2004</B>



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</U>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>GANNETT CO., INC.</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>16-0442930</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>22107</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Gannett Co., Inc. 2001 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Thomas L. Chapple, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer 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)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(703)&nbsp;854-6000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">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>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share (1)(2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>fee (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">11,500,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">87.20</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,002,800,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">127,055</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule 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 April&nbsp;29, 2004, as
reported on The New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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    <TD>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.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are filing this registration statement to register an additional
11,500,000 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 2004 annual meeting, held on May&nbsp;4, 2004.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the earlier
registration statements related to the Plan on Form S-8 filed on May&nbsp;8, 2001
(Reg. No.&nbsp;333-60402) and on Form S-8 filed May&nbsp;6, 2003 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-105029)
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&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.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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="5%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;28, 2003, which was filed on March&nbsp;12, 2004, including
information incorporated by reference in the Form 10-K from our
definitive proxy statement for our 2004 annual meeting of
stockholders, which was filed on the same day;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended March&nbsp;28, 2004, which was filed on May&nbsp;4, 2004; and</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of our common stock contained in our
registration statement on Form 8-B, filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the
Exchange Act, and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>


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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gannett Co., Inc. 2001 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Fairfax, Commonwealth of Virginia
on this 4th day of May, 2004.


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    <TD colspan="3">GANNETT CO., INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">/s/
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Thomas L. Chapple&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative<BR>
Officer and General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Douglas H. McCorkindale 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 4th day of May, 2004:

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Douglas H. McCorkindale<BR>
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Douglas H. McCorkindale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gracia C. Martore
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Gracia C. Martore</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Louis D. Boccardi
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Louis D. Boccardi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Meredith A. Brokaw
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Meredith A. Brokaw</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ James A. Johnson
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">James A. Johnson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Stephen P. Munn<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Stephen P. Munn
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Donna E. Shalala
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Donna E. Shalala</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Solomon D. Trujillo
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Karen Hastie Williams<BR>
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Karen Hastie Williams
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2004
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
22107
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
(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
11,500,000
$
87.20
$
1,002,800,000
$
127,055
(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 April 29, 2004, 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
11,500,000 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 2004 annual meeting, held on May 4, 2004.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the earlier
registration statements related to the Plan on Form S-8 filed on May 8, 2001
(Reg. No. 333-60402) and on Form S-8 filed May 6, 2003 (Reg. No. 333-105029)
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 28, 2003, which was filed on March 12, 2004, including
information incorporated by reference in the Form 10-K from our
definitive proxy statement for our 2004 annual meeting of
stockholders, which was filed on the same day;
(2)
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended March 28, 2004, which was filed on May 4, 2004; and
(3)
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).
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 County of Fairfax, Commonwealth of Virginia
on this 4th day of May, 2004.
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 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 4th day of May, 2004:
Signature
Title
/s/ Douglas H. McCorkindale
Douglas H. McCorkindale
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Gracia C. Martore
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Gracia C. Martore
/s/ Louis D. Boccardi
Director
Louis D. Boccardi
/s/ Meredith A. Brokaw
Director
Meredith A. Brokaw
Signature
Title
/s/ James A. Johnson
Director
James A. Johnson
/s/ Stephen P. Munn
Stephen P. Munn
Director
/s/ Donna E. Shalala
Director
Donna E. Shalala
/s/ Solomon D. Trujillo
Director
Solomon D. Trujillo
/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).