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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2023</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">Gannett Co., Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#160;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Delaware</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">7950 Jones Branch Drive</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">McLean, VA 22107</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> Gannett Co., Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Full title of the plan)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Polly Grunfeld Sack</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Chief Legal Counsel</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Gannett Co., Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">175 Sully&#8217;s Trail</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Pittsford, NY&#160; 14534</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">(585) 598-0032</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">With copies to:</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Kayla E. Klos</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Harter Secrest &amp; Emery LLP</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">50 Fountain Plaza, Suite 1000</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Buffalo, NY 14202</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">(716) 853-1616</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#8220;</font>large accelerated filer,<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#8221;</font>&#160;<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#8220;</font>accelerated filer,<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#8221;</font>&#160;<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#8220;</font>smaller



      reporting company,<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221;</font> in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Large accelerated filer</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9744;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Accelerated filer</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9746;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Non-accelerated filer</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9744;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Smaller reporting company</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9744;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Emerging growth company</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to
      Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is filed by Gannett Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) to register
      14,555,560 shares of common stock (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), par value $0.01 per share, of the Company that are authorized for issuance under the Gannett Co., Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). The Company&#8217;s stockholders approved the Plan on
      June 5, 2023 (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;).</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">PART I</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>
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            <div><font style="font-weight: bold;">Plan Information</font>.*</div>
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            <div><font style="font-weight: bold;">Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</font>.*</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">*The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or will be delivered to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and
      Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
      supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
      of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">PART II</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Item 3.</td>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated by reference (except for portions thereof furnished or otherwise not filed with the SEC, which are deemed
      not to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement):</div>
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            <div>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001579684/000157968423000014/gci-20221231.htm">February 23, 2023</a>&#160;<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(the &#8220;2022 Form 10-K&#8221;)</font>.</div>
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            <div>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001579684/000157968423000023/gci-20230331.htm">May 4, 2023</a>.</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000;">&#8226;</td>
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            <div>The portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001579684/000114036123020414/ny20007035x2_def14a.htm">April 26, 2023</a>, that are incorporated by
              reference into Part III of our 2022 Form 10-K.</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000;">&#8226;</td>
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            <div>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001579684/000114036123011437/brhc10049705_8k.htm">March 13, 2023</a>, <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001579684/000114036123023327/brhc20052508_8k.htm">May 8, 2023</a>, and <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001579684/000114036123028418/brhc20054037_8k.htm">June
                5, 2023</a>.</div>
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          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000;">&#8226;</td>
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            <div>The description of our Common Stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000119312514022559/d663241d8a12b.htm">January 28, 2014</a>, including
              any subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such description <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(including </font><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968421000009/gciex4720201231x10k.htm">Exhibit 4.7</a><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020)</font>.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">We also incorporate by reference all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange
      Act&#8221;) subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement (except for the portions thereof furnished or otherwise not filed with the SEC which are deemed not to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement), but prior to
      the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or de-registering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
      be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference, 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 herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</td>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The legality of securities being offered hereby will be passed upon by Polly Grunfeld Sack, Chief Legal Officer of the Company. Ms. Sack is eligible to participate in the Plan.</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt;">Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#8220;DGCL&#8221;) provides that a Delaware corporation, in its certificate of incorporation, may limit the personal liability of a director or certain
      officers to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director or officer, except for liability for any:</div>
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            <div>Transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit;</div>
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            <div>Act or omission by a director or officer not in good faith or that involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;</div>
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            <div>Unlawful payment of dividends or redemption of shares approved by a director;</div>
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            <div>Action by or in the right of the corporation against an officer; or</div>
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            <div>Breach of the director&#8217;s or officer&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt;">Section 145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
      action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the corporation&#8217;s request as a
      director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the
      person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies if (1) such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding or (2) such person acted in good faith and in a manner
      he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to
      actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but only to the extent of defense expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or
      settlement of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties to the corporation, unless a court
      believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt;">Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held
      liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the
      meetings of the board of directors at the time the action occurred or immediately after the absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt;">The Company&#8217;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, states that no director shall be personally liable to the Company or any of the Company&#8217;s stockholders for monetary
      damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as it exists or may be amended. A director is also not exempt from liability for any
      transaction from which he or she derived an improper personal benefit. A director is also not exempt for violations of Section 174 of the DGCL and an officer is not exempt from actions by or in the right of the Company. To the maximum extent
      permitted under Section 145 of the DGCL, the Company&#8217;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, authorizes the Company to indemnify any and all persons whom we have the power to indemnify under the law<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</font></div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt;">The Company&#8217;s amended and restated bylaws, as amended, provide that the Company will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to
      be made a party in any legal proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was a director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or
      agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. However, such indemnification is permitted only if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
      best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&#8217;s conduct was unlawful. Indemnification is authorized on a case-by-case basis by (1) the Company&#8217;s Board of
      Directors by a majority vote of disinterested directors, (2) a committee of the disinterested directors, (3) independent legal counsel in a written opinion if (1) and (2) are not available, or if disinterested directors so direct, or (4) the
      stockholders. Indemnification of former directors or officers shall be determined by any person authorized to act on the matter on the Company&#8217;s behalf. Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending against such legal proceedings are
      payable before the final disposition of the action, provided that the director or officer undertakes to repay the Company if it is later determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt;">The Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements with its directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest
      extent permitted by law and the Company&#8217;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The indemnification
      agreements provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to the Company if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and the Company&#8217;s amended and
      restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws.</div>
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    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 20pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the
      Company has been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.</div>
    <div><br>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Item 7.</td>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Exemption from Registration Claimed.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Item 8.</td>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Exhibits.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Exhibit <br>
              No.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Description</div>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968418000009/q22018ex31.htm">4.1</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed August 2, 2018)</div>
          </td>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036119020986/nc10003799x30_ex3-1.htm">4.2</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form
              8-K, filed on November 20, 2019)</div>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036120008189/ex3_1.htm">4.3</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Gannett Co., Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form
              8-K, filed on April 7, 2020)</div>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123023327/brhc20052508_ex3-1.htm">4.4</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">Certificate of Elimination of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Gannett Co., Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K,
              filed on May 8, 2023)</div>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036119020986/nc10003799x30_ex3-2.htm">4.5</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 20, 2019)</div>
          </td>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="brhc20054273_ex5-1.htm">5.1*</a></div>
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          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Opinion of Polly Grunfeld Sack, Gannett Co., Inc. Chief Legal Officer, as to legality</div>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="brhc20054273_ex5-1.htm">23.1*</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Consent of Polly Grunfeld Sack, Gannett Co., Inc. Chief Legal Officer (included in Exhibit 5.1)</div>
          </td>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="brhc20054273_ex23-2.htm">23.2*</a></div>
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          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</div>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="#POWEROFATTORNEY">24.1*</a></div>
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          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement)</div>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div><a href="brhc20054273_ex99-1.htm">99.1*+</a></div>
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          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gannett Co., Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan</div>
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          <td style="width: 8%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="brhc20054273_ex107.htm">107*</a></div>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 92%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Filing Fee Table</div>
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    <div>* Filed herewith.</div>
    <div>+ Management contract or compensatory arrangement.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 9.</td>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold;">Undertakings.</div>
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            <div>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</div>
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            <div>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</div>
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            <div>To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</div>
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            <div>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) that, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
              in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
              and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in
              volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement; and</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">4</font></div>
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            <div>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72pt;"><font style="font-style: italic;">provided, however</font>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Item 9 do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
      amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</div>
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            <div>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
              securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <font style="font-style: italic;">bona fide</font> offering thereof.</div>
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            <div>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top;">(b)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
              applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act), that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
              to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top;">(c)</td>
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            <div>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
              advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
              payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
              connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
              indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;" class="BRPFPageNumberArea"><font style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;" class="BRPFPageNumber">5</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">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 <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">City of McLean, Commonwealth of Virginia,</font> on June 14, 2023.</div>
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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
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
38-3910250
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Gannett Co., Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Polly Grunfeld Sack
Chief Legal Counsel
Gannett Co., Inc.
175 Sully's Trail
Pittsford, NY  14534
(585) 598-0032
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Kayla E. Klos
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
50 Fountain Plaza, Suite 1000
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 853-1616
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of
"
large accelerated filer,
"
"
accelerated filer,
"
"
smaller

      reporting company,
" and "emerging growth company"
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to
      Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is filed by Gannett Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant" or the "Company") to register
      14,555,560 shares of common stock (the "Common Stock"), par value $0.01 per share, of the Company that are authorized for issuance under the Gannett Co., Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The Company's stockholders approved the Plan on
      June 5, 2023 (the "Effective Date").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
.*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.*
*The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or will be delivered to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and
      Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
      supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
      of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated by reference (except for portions thereof furnished or otherwise not filed with the SEC, which are deemed
      not to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement):
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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed on
February 23, 2023
(the "2022 Form 10-K")
.
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Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on
May 4, 2023
.
•
The portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on
April 26, 2023
, that are incorporated by
              reference into Part III of our 2022 Form 10-K.
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Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
March 13, 2023
,
May 8, 2023
, and
June
                5, 2023
.
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The description of our Common Stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on
January 28, 2014
, including
              any subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such description
(including
Exhibit 4.7
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020)
.
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We also incorporate by reference all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
      Act") subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement (except for the portions thereof furnished or otherwise not filed with the SEC which are deemed not to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement), but prior to
      the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or de-registering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
      be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference, 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 herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of securities being offered hereby will be passed upon by Polly Grunfeld Sack, Chief Legal Officer of the Company. Ms. Sack is eligible to participate in the Plan.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides that a Delaware corporation, in its certificate of incorporation, may limit the personal liability of a director or certain
      officers to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director or officer, except for liability for any:
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Transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit;
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Act or omission by a director or officer not in good faith or that involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
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Unlawful payment of dividends or redemption of shares approved by a director;
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Action by or in the right of the corporation against an officer; or
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Breach of the director's or officer's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
      action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the corporation's request as a
      director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the
      person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies if (1) such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding or (2) such person acted in good faith and in a manner
      he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to
      actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but only to the extent of defense expenses (including attorneys' fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or
      settlement of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties to the corporation, unless a court
      believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.
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Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held
      liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the
      meetings of the board of directors at the time the action occurred or immediately after the absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.
The Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, states that no director shall be personally liable to the Company or any of the Company's stockholders for monetary
      damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as it exists or may be amended. A director is also not exempt from liability for any
      transaction from which he or she derived an improper personal benefit. A director is also not exempt for violations of Section 174 of the DGCL and an officer is not exempt from actions by or in the right of the Company. To the maximum extent
      permitted under Section 145 of the DGCL, the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, authorizes the Company to indemnify any and all persons whom we have the power to indemnify under the law
.
The Company's amended and restated bylaws, as amended, provide that the Company will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to
      be made a party in any legal proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was a director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or
      agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. However, such indemnification is permitted only if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
      best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was unlawful. Indemnification is authorized on a case-by-case basis by (1) the Company's Board of
      Directors by a majority vote of disinterested directors, (2) a committee of the disinterested directors, (3) independent legal counsel in a written opinion if (1) and (2) are not available, or if disinterested directors so direct, or (4) the
      stockholders. Indemnification of former directors or officers shall be determined by any person authorized to act on the matter on the Company's behalf. Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending against such legal proceedings are
      payable before the final disposition of the action, provided that the director or officer undertakes to repay the Company if it is later determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification.
The Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements with its directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest
      extent permitted by law and the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The indemnification
      agreements provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to the Company if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and the Company's amended and
      restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the
      Company has been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed August 2, 2018)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
              8-K, filed on November 20, 2019)
4.3
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Gannett Co., Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
              8-K, filed on April 7, 2020)
4.4
Certificate of Elimination of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Gannett Co., Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
              filed on May 8, 2023)
4.5
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 20, 2019)
5.1*
Opinion of Polly Grunfeld Sack, Gannett Co., Inc. Chief Legal Officer, as to legality
23.1*
Consent of Polly Grunfeld Sack, Gannett Co., Inc. Chief Legal Officer (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement)
99.1*+
Gannett Co., Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan
107*
Filing Fee Table
* Filed herewith.
+ Management contract or compensatory arrangement.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) that, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
              in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
              and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in
              volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
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(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Item 9 do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
      amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
              securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
              applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act), that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
              to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
              advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
              payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
              connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
              indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
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 June 14, 2023.
GANNETT CO., INC.
By:
/s/ Michael E. Reed
Name:
Michael E. Reed
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
(
Principal Executive Officer
)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Michael E. Reed and Polly Grunfeld Sack, and each of them
        acting individually, the individual's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments
        (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, new registration statements pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 pertaining to the registration of additional securities and post-effective amendments thereto, and any
        and all other documents in connection therewith to be filed with the SEC, 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 as agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
        or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael E. Reed
Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 14, 2023
Michael E. Reed
(
Principal Executive Officer
)
/s/ Douglas E. Horne
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
June 14, 2023
Douglas E. Horne
(
Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting Officer
)
Director
Theodore P. Janulis
/s/ John Jeffry Louis
Director
June 14, 2023
John Jeffry Louis
/s/ Maria M. Miller
Director
June 14, 2023
Maria M. Miller
/s/ Amy Reinhard
Director
June 14, 2023
Amy Reinhard
Director
Debra A. Sandler
/s/ Kevin M. Sheehan
Director
June 14, 2023
Kevin M. Sheehan
/s/ Laurence Tarica
Director
June 14, 2023
Laurence Tarica
/s/ Barbara W. Wall
Director
June 14, 2023
Barbara W. Wall
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