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): December 30, 2008

The McClatchy Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 1-9824 (Commission File Number) 52-2080478 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2100 Q Street

Sacramento, CA 95816

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (916) 321-1846

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:

   o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

   o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

   o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

   o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 1.01 Entries Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On December 30, 2008, The McClatchy Company, a Delaware corporation (“McClatchy” or the “Company”), and its subsidiary Richwood, Inc., a Florida corporation, entered into an agreement with Citisquare Group, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the “Buyer”) to amend (the “Amendment”) the Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Property effective as of March 3, 2005 (the “Original Agreement”), as amended by that certain First Amendment dated August 10, 2007, and as further modified by that certain Second Amendment dated as of December 20, 2007.

Pursuant to the Amendment, the parties have agreed to extend the closing date of the sale of certain real property located in Miami, Florida (as described in the Original Agreement) from December 31, 2008 to June 30, 2009.  The Buyer has the right to extend the closing date for up to an additional six months to December 31, 2009, conditioned upon an increase in the termination fee payable to McClatchy in the event the transaction fails to close from $2 million to $6 million.  In addition, under the terms of the Amendment, the Buyer has relinquished its right of first refusal to purchase The Miami Herald’s building and underlying land, which right was included in the Original Agreement.  The purchase price under the Original Agreement remains unchanged at $190 million.  McClatchy has received $10 million in non-refundable deposits from Buyer which will be applied toward the purchase price.

Except as provided in the Amendment and prior amendments, all provisions of the Original Agreement remain in full force and effect.  The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)   Exhibits

Exhibit 10.1                                Third Amendment to Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Property dated as of December 30, 2008, by and between The McClatchy Company, a Delaware corporation, Richwood, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Citisquare Group, LLC, a Florida limited liability company.

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, thereunto duly authorized.

January 5, 2008                                                                                       The McClatchy Company

By:

/s/Patrick J. Talamantes                                         

By: Patrick J. Talamantes

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number                                           Description    

Exhibit 10.1 Third Amendment to Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Property dated as of December 30, 2008, by and between The McClatchy Company, a Delaware corporation, Richwood, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Citisquare Group, LLC, a Florida limited liability company.

EX-10.1

THIRD AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE

AND SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

This Third Amendment to Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Property (the "Third Amendment") is made and entered into as of the 30th day of December, 2008, by and between RICHWOOD, INC., a Florida corporation (“Richwood”) and The McClatchy Company, a Delaware corporation (“McClatchy”, and together with Richwood, hereinaftercollectively referred to as the "Seller"), and CITISQUARE GROUP, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the "Buyer").

W I T N E S S E T H:

           WHEREAS, Richwood, Miami Herald Publishing Company, a Florida corporation (“MHPC”) and Knight-Ridder, Inc., a Florida corporation (collectively, the “Original Sellers”), and Buyer entered into that certain Contract for Purchase and Sale of Real Property effective as of March 3, 2005 as amended by that certain First Amendment (the "First Amendment") dated August 10, 2007 and as further amended by that certain Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) dated December 20, 2007 (said contract as modified by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment being herein called the “ Existing Contract”, and as further modified by this Third Amendment being herein called the “Amended Contract”) pursuant to which Original Sellers agreed to sell to Buyer and Buyer agreed to buy from Original Sellers certain real estate located in Miami-Dade County, Florida as more particularly described therein (the “Herald Property”); and

           WHEREAS, Buyer and Seller have agreed to modify certain provisions of the Existing Contract on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

           NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and the mutual promises contained herein, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full.

2. Capitalized Terms. Any capitalized terms herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meanings as described to them in the Existing Contract.

3.   Seller.  Any reference to Sellers in the Existing Contract shall now only refer to Richwood and McClatchy.

4. Closing Date.   Section 1.2 of the Existing Contract is hereby deleted in its entirety, and in lieu thereof, shall be replaced with the following:

“The Closing Date shall be June 30, 2009, or such other date provided by this Contract.”

5. Termination of Right of First Refusal.  Section 22.24 of the Existing Contract is hereby deleted in its entirety and Buyer shall no longer have a right of first refusal with regard to the Miami Herald Building Site.

6. Extension of Closing Date.  Buyer may, by written notice to Seller ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, elect to extend the Closing Date until no later than December 31, 2009.  If Buyer elects to extend the Closing Date, Section 6 of the Second Amendment shall be deleted in its entirety, and in lieu thereof, shall be replaced with the following:

“Mark Siffin (“Siffin”), who is a principal of one of the development groups affiliated with Buyer, by his signature below, agrees that in the event Buyer fails to close on the purchase of the Property on or before December 31, 2009, by reason of Buyer’s default under the Contract, Siffin shall pay Seller a termination fee of Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00) (the “Termination Fee”) within ten (10) days following such failure to close.”

This amendment to Section 6 of the Second Amendment shall be self-operative and no further agreements or instruments shall be required to be executed and delivered by the parties to evidence the same.

7. Financial Statements.  In the event Buyer elects to extend the Closing Date pursuant to Paragraph 6 above, then ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, Siffin shall provide Seller with copies of his most recent financial statements providing evidence, to Seller’s reasonable satisfaction, that Siffin has sufficient net funds or net assets to satisfy his obligation to pay the Termination Fee.  If Siffin shall fail to timely provide such evidence, then the Closing Date shall not be extended past June 30, 2009.Seller agrees that the contents of such financial statements shall remain confidential and the sole purpose of providing such financial statements is to confirm Siffin’s ability to pay the Termination Fee in the event payment is required pursuant to the Amended Contract.

8. Parking Easement and Parking Lease.

a.  Section III of the form Parking Easement attached as Exhibit “H” to the First Amendment shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following in its stead:

“Grantor hereby grants to Grantee, for the use and benefit of Grantee, its employees, customers, invitees, Permitted Tenants (as hereinafter defined) of the Herald Property (and any employees, customers or invitees of such Permitted Tenants) and in the event of a transfer or lease of the Herald Property together with the business operating thereon (a “Successor Operator”), to such Successor Operator, and its employees, customers, and invitees, an access easement for (i) vehicular and pedestrian ingress and egress and (ii) the parking of automobiles and other standard sized vehicles on, over, across and through the Easement Area.  As used herein, the term “Permitted Tenant” shall mean any tenant permitted by Grantee to lease space at the Herald Property, and then in occupancy of such space, at the Herald Property in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein, including, without limitation, Section VI hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Permitted Tenant shall be permitted to change the use of any space occupied by such Permitted Tenant at the Herald Property, so long as the use of at least 51% of the total improvements located on the Herald Property remains unchanged and so long as no portion of the improvements is being used for retail purposes (other than retail purposes ancillary to the current use of the improvements).”

b.  Section 1.05 of the Form of Parking Lease attached as Exhibit “I” to the First Amendment shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following language in its stead:

“The Parking Spaces or the Leased Premises shall be used exclusively by Tenant, its employees, customers, invitees, Permitted Tenants (as hereinafter defined) of the Herald Property (and any employees, customers or invitees of such Permitted Tenants), and in the event of a transfer or lease of the Herald Property by Tenant, together with the business operating thereon (a “Successor Operator”) by such Successor Operator and its employees, customers and invitees.  As used herein, the term “Permitted Tenant” shall mean any tenant permitted by Tenant to lease space, and then in occupancy of such space, at the Herald Property in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein, including, without limitation, Section 2.02 hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Permitted Tenant shall be permitted to change the use of any space occupied by such Permitted Tenant at the Herald Property, so long as the use of at least 51% of the total improvements located on the Herald Property remains unchanged and so long as no portion of the improvements is being used for retail purposes (other than retail purposes ancillary to the current use of the improvements).”

c.  Section 7.01 of the form of Parking Lease attached as Exhibit “I” to the First Amendment shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following language in its stead:

“Except as provided in Section 1.05, Tenant shall not assign, sublease, mortgage or transfer this Lease.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, Tenant shall have the right to sublease to any Permitted Tenant (and any employees, customers or invitees of such Permitted Tenant) of the Herald Property, or allow any Permitted Tenant (and any employees, customers or invitees of such Permitted Tenant) of the Herald Property to use or occupy, a percentage of the Parking Spaces without the written consent of Landlord, so long as any rights given to Permitted Tenant shall be no greater than the rights granted to Tenant under this Lease.”

9. Claim of Lien.  Seller has been provided notice as of October 10, 2008 that a claim of lien had been filed against all or a portion of the Property by Cooper Cary, Inc. in the Official Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida (the “Claim of Lien”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.  This Claim of Lien reflects amounts allegedly owed to Cooper Cary, Inc. for architectural services provided pursuant to a contract with Maefield Development and Maefield Holdings, LLC, for a total value of approximately $406,009.68 of which over $400,000 remains unpaid.  Buyer hereby agrees to diligently contest the Claim of Lien and have the same discharged of record.  In the event the Closing does not occur as provided herein, Buyer shall be obligated to discharge such Claim of Lien prior to termination of the Amended Contract.

10. Time of the Essence.  Time is of the essence of the Amended Contract.

11. No Breach of Contract.  Each of Buyer and Seller acknowledges and agrees that as of the date hereof, it is not aware of any breach of the Amended Contract by the other party, and all notices between the parties and their respective counsel exchanged from and after December 1, 2007, including any claims of breach, through and including the date hereof are hereby withdrawn and are of no force or effect.

12. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

13. Ratification.  Except as modified hereby, the Existing Contract is hereby ratified and confirmed.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Third Amendment to Contract is entered into as of the date first appearing above.

                                                      BUYER:

CITISQUARE GROUP, LLC, a Florida limited liability company

                                                      By:           /s/Pedro A. Martin

                                                      Name:     Pedro A. Martin

                                                      Title:      President

                                                      SELLER:

RICHWOOD, INC., a Florida corporation

                                                      By:           /s/Karole Morgan-Prager

                                                      Name:     Karole Morgan-Prager

                                                      Title:      Secretary

THE McCLATCHY COMPANY., a Delaware corporation

      By:           /s/Gary Pruitt

                                                      Name:      Gary Pruitt

    Title:       COB, President & CEO

SIFFIN (solely for purpose of confirming his obligations under Paragraph 6 above):

By:/s/Mark Siffin

Name: Mark Siffin, an individual