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On May 1, 2019, Gannett Co., Inc. issued the following statement in response to media inquiries regarding recent remarks made by MNG Enterprises, Inc.

“We believe MNG is only seeking to distract attention from its highly conflicted director nominees who have a record of destroying value and given close affiliations with MNG and/or its majority shareholder Alden Global Capital, cannot be expected to act in the best interests of Gannett shareholders. All eight of Gannett’s director nominees are fully independent and bring broad and diverse backgrounds, professional experiences and skills to continue to oversee the Company’s USA TODAY NETWORK strategy and ongoing digital transformation, and deliver value for all shareholders.”