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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July ___, 1998
Registration No. 333-03941
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Incorporated GANNETT CO., INC. I.R.S. Employer
Under the Laws 1100 WILSON BOULEVARD Identification No.
of Delaware ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22234 16-0442930
(703) 284-6000
MULTIMEDIA, INC.
SALARY DEFERRAL THRIFT PLAN
Thomas L. Chapple, Esq.
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Gannett Co., Inc.
1100 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22234
(703) 284-6000
(Agent for Service of Process)
THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
IS BEING FILED SOLELY TO DEREGISTER ALL
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WHICH WERE REGISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE MULTIMEDIA INC. SALARY DEFERRAL THRIFT PLAN
Part I
Gannett Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is filing
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement solely
for the purpose of deregistering all the shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to The Multimedia, Inc., Salary Deferral Thrift Plan (the "Plan"). The
Company originally registered 120,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under
the Plan. The Company has merged the Plan into The Gannett Co., Inc. 401(K)
Savings Plan, effective January 1, 1998, and no additional shares of Common
Stock will be issued under the Plan.
Part II
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Exhibit Name Location
Number
24 Power of Attorney Signature Page of
Original Filing
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Incorporated by reference to the Signature Page of the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
17, 1998.
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 Post-
Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Arlington, Virginia, on July 28,
1998.
GANNETT CO., INC.
By: /s/Thomas L. Chapple
Thomas L. Chapple
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
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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 dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
/s/ Meredith A. Brokaw Director July 28, 1998
Meredith A. Brokaw*
/s/ Peter B. Clark Director July 28, 1998
Peter B. Clark*
/s/ John J. Curley Director July 28, 1998
John J. Curley*
/s/ Stuart T. K. Ho Director July 28, 1998
Stuart T. K. Ho*
/s/ Drew Lewis Director July 28, 1998
Drew Lewis*
/s/ Josephine P. Louis Director July 28, 1998
Josephine P. Louis*
/s/ Douglas H. McCorkindale Director July 28, 1998
Douglas H. McCorkindale*
/s/ Thomas A. Reynolds, Jr. Director July 28, 1998
Thomas A. Reynolds, Jr.*
_________________________ Director July 28, 1998
Karen Hastie Williams
*By: /s/Thomas L. Chapple
Thomas L. Chapple Attorney-in-Fact July 28, 1998