Edgar Filing: Gannett Co., Inc.

Gannett Co., Inc.

Date: May 9, 2018

/s/ Barbara W. Wall

Barbara W. Wall

Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

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): May 8, 2018

GANNETT CO., INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

1-36874

47-2390983

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia, 22107-0910

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(703) 854-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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.

Gannett Co., Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2018 annual meeting”) on May 8, 2018. At the 2018 annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the proposed amendment no. 2 to the Gannett Co., Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2018 annual meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2018 (the “2018 proxy statement”). As a result of the amendment, among other matters, the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan was increased by 6,050,000 and the term of the Plan was extended to May 8, 2028. A copy of the amendment to the Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2018 annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on four proposals, each of which was described in the Company’s 2018 proxy statement. The final voting results with respect to each proposal are set forth below.

Proposal 1

The Company’s stockholders elected each of the eleven nominees named in the 2018 proxy statement, to serve on the Board of Directors for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, as set forth below:


Name of Director Nominee	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non- Votes
Matthew W. Barzun		93,835,212		917,505		2,386,784		8,523,373
John E. Cody		93,773,567		986,457		2,379,477		8,523,373
Stephen W. Coll		93,896,062		861,497		2,381,942		8,523,373
Robert J. Dickey		93,821,047		985,932		2,332,521		8,523,373
Donald E. Felsinger		93,692,135		1,044,492		2,402,874		8,523,373
Lila Ibrahim		93,809,828		1,019,123		2,310,549		8,523,373
Lawrence S. Kramer		93,822,527		922,907		2,394,067		8,523,373
John Jeffry Louis		93,903,287		848,315		2,387,898		8,523,373
Tony A. Prophet		93,804,472		936,376		2,398,653		8,523,373
Debra A. Sandler		93,888,998		938,531		2,311,972		8,523,373
Chloe R. Sladden		93,878,229		935,119		2,326,152		8,523,373

Proposal 2

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2018 fiscal year, as set forth below:


For	Against	Abstain
104,875,608	586,771	200,496

There were no broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

Proposal 3

The Company’s stockholders approved amendment no. 2 to the Plan, as set forth below:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
89,458,417	7,275,958	405,126	8,523,373

Proposal 4

The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation program as described in the 2018 proxy statement, as set forth below:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
89,677,011	6,893,170	569,320	8,523,373

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



10.1		Amendment no. 2 to the Gannett Co., Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan

SIGNATURES

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