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): April 27, 2011

The New York Times Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York   1-5837   13-1102020
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   (Commission
File Number)		   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York   10018
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 556-1234

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The annual meeting of stockholders of The New York Times Company (the “Company”) was held on April 27, 2011. At the annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on four proposals and cast their votes as follows:

Proposal Number 1 — Election of Directors.

The stockholders (with Class A and Class B common stockholders voting separately) elected all of management’s nominees for election as directors. The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

Directors

    For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Vote		  

(Vote results of Class A common stockholders)

         

Raul E. Cesan

      109,287,111         1,702,202         10,643,112   

Ellen R. Marram

      96,775,613         14,213,700         10,643,112   

Thomas Middelhoff

      97,344,681         13,644,632         10,643,112   

Doreen A. Toben

      109,950,324         1,038,989         10,643,112   

(Vote results of Class B common stockholders)

         

Robert E. Denham

      772,226         0         20,908   

Lynn G. Dolnick

      772,226         0         20,908   

Michael Golden

      772,226         0         20,908   

Carolyn D. Greenspon

      772,226         0         20,908   

James A. Kohlberg

      772,226         0         20,908   

Dawn G. Lepore

      772,226         0         20,908   

David E. Liddle

      772,226         0         20,908   

Janet L. Robinson

      772,226         0         20,908   

Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.

      772,226         0         20,908   

Proposal Number 2 — Advisory resolution on executive compensation (the “say-on-pay” vote)

The Class B common stockholders voted on the advisory resolution on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain               Broker Non-Vote             
            766,466                           5,760                           0                           20,908            

Proposal Number 3 — Advisory resolution on the frequency of future advisory say-on-pay votes on executive compensation

The Class B common stockholders voted on the advisory resolution on the frequency of future advisory say-on-pay votes on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The Class B common stockholders voted on whether future say-on-pay votes will occur every one, two or three years. The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

        Every Year                   Every Two Years               Every Three Years                    Abstain               Broker Non-Vote    
772,226   0   0   0   20,908

Consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors with respect to Proposal Number 3, all of the shares of Class B common stock represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote on a proposal, voted, on an advisory basis, to hold future say-on-pay votes on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year. The Company’s Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold an annual advisory say-on-pay vote until the next advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation.

Proposal 4 — Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors

The stockholders (with Class A and Class B common stockholders voting together) ratified the selection, by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, of Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 25, 2011. The results of the vote taken were as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstain           Broker Non-Vote         
        121,859,204                   345,544                   221,317           Not applicable

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the 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.

 

    THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY  
Date: April 28, 2011     By:   /s/ Diane Brayton  
      Diane Brayton  
      Secretary and Assistant General Counsel