Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 8-K

 


CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):

January 7, 2008

 


GANNETT CO., INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 


 

Delaware   1-6961   16-0442930

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization of Registrant)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean,

Virginia

  22107-0910
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(703) 854-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 


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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 7, 2008, Sue Clark-Johnson, president of Gannett’s Newspaper Division, notified the Company that she plans to retire in May 2008.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Ms. Clark-Johnson’s planned retirement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Gannett Co., Inc.
Date: January 11, 2008   By:  

/s/ Todd A. Mayman

    Todd A. Mayman
    Vice President, Associate General Counsel,
Secretary and Chief Governance Officer


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1

   Press Release issued January 10, 2008.