TEGNA INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Jan 12, 2010

144 1 wvanlareform14401122010.htm FORM 144 FOR GANNETT CO. FILER WENDELL VAN LARE wvanlareform14401122010.htm Licensed to: Hogan & Hartson Document Created using EDGARizer 5.1.3.0 Copyright 1995 - 2009 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.

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| | DOCUMENT
SEQUENCE NUMBER |
| Form
144 | |
| | CUSIP
NUMBER |
| NOTICE
OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES | WORK
LOCATION |
| PURSUANT
TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | |

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

| 1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please
type or print) Gannett Co.,
Inc. — 1
( d )
ADDRESS OF
ISSUER STREET CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE | | | (e) TELEPHONE NO. | |
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| 7950 Jones
Branch
Drive McLean

VA
22107 | | | AREA
CODE (703) | NUMBER 854-6000 |
| 2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE
SOLD Wendell
Van Lare | (b) IRS IDENT. NO. | (c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER officer | (d) ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP
CODE c/o Gannett Co.,
Inc. 7950 Jones Branch
Drive, McLean, VA
22107 | |

INSTRUCTION: Th e person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

| 3(a) | (b) | SEC
USE ONLY | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Title
of the Class of
Securities To Be
Sold | Name
and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities
are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who
is Acquiring the Securities | Broker-Dealer File
Number | Number of
Shares or Other
Units To be
Sold (See
instr. 3(c)) | Aggregate Market
Value (See instr. 3(d)) | Number of
Shares or Other
Units Outstanding (See
instr. 3(e)) | Approximate Date of Sale (See
instr. 3(f))(MO.DAY YR) | Name of Each
Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g)) |
| Common
Stock | Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. 161
North Concord Exchange South
St. Paul, MN 55075 | | 1,500 | $25,875.00 | 236,236,708 | On
or after 01/12/10 | NYSE |

INSTRUCTIONS:

| 1.
(a) Name of issuer | 3.
(a) Title of the class of securities to be sold |
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| (b) Issuer’s
I.R.S. Identification Number | (b) Name
and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be
sold |
| (c) Issuer’s
S.E.C. file number, if any | (c) Number
of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
aggregate face amount) |
| (d) Issuer’s
address, including zip code (e) Issuer’s
telephone number, including area code | (d) Aggregate
market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10
days prior to the filing of this notice |
| | (e) Number
of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities
the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or
statement published by the issuer |
| 2.
(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be
sold | (f) Approximate
date on which the securities are to be sold |
| (b) Such
person’s I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an
entity | (g) Name
of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended
to be sold |
| (c) Such
person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the
foregoing) | |
| (d) Such
person’s address, including zip code | |

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not

required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

SEC 1147 (01-04)

TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

| Title
of the
Class | Date
you Acquired | Nature of
Acquisition Transaction | Name
of Person from Whom
Acquired (If
gift, also give date donor acquired) | Amount
of Securities Acquired | Date
of Payment | Nature
of Payment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Common
Stock Common
Stock Common
Stock Common
Stock Common
Stock | 12/10/00 12/09/01 12/08/02 12/07/03 12/09/09 | Upon
the Vesting of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Upon
the Vesting of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Upon
the Vesting of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Upon
the Vesting of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Upon
the Vesting of Restricted Stock Unit
Grant | Gannett
Co., Inc. Gannett
Co., Inc. Gannett
Co., Inc. Gannett
Co., Inc. Gannett
Co., Inc. | 35 220 200 300 745 | 12/10/00 12/09/01 12/08/02 12/07/03 12/09/09 | Compensation Compensation Compensation Compensation Compensation |
| INSTRUCTIONS: 1. If
the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto
the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of
any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments
describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was
discharged in full or the last installment paid. | | | 2. If
within two years after the acquisition of the securities the
person for whose account they are to be sold had any short
positions, put or other option to dispose of securities referred
to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish full information
with respect thereto. | | | |

TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Date of Sale Amount of Securities Sold Gross Proceeds

REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice. ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

| January 12,
2010 | /s/ Todd A. Mayman,
Attorney-in-Fact |
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| Date of
Notice | Signature |

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.

Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)