-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, IIPElkWVHgGcO7Uy3Sfgf/ErMuIbbe/2jXQlqrJPXZqu4ebFWOs+Nj2tt6NRwq2r ar5dSgbQLNSBDlOWi9M5wQ== 0001047469-98-021136.txt : 19980520 0001047469-98-021136.hdr.sgml : 19980520 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001047469-98-021136 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980519 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEW YORK TIMES CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000071691 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NEWSPAPERS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711] IRS NUMBER: 131102020 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-53007 FILM NUMBER: 98627786 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 229 W 43RD ST CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125561234 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 229 W 43RD STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 S-3 1 FORM S-3 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 1998 Registration No. 333- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 _____________ FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 _____________ The New York Times Company (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 13-1102020 (State or other jurisdiction of _______________________ (IRS Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
229 West 43d Street New York, N.Y. 10036 (212) 556-1234 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) _____________ SOLOMON B. WATSON IV, Esq. Senior Vice President and General Counsel The New York Times Company 229 West 43d Street New York, N.Y. 10036 (212) 556-1234 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) _____________ Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the registration statement becomes effective. If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. |_| If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. |X| If this Form is filed to register additional securities for any offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. |_| If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. |_| If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. |_| CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Title of each class of Amount to be offering price per aggregate offering Amount of securities to be registered Registered unit(1) price(1) registration fee - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class A Common Stock, par value $.10 per share.............. 185,000 $ 71.0625 $ 13,146,563 $3,879 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Computed on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Class A Common Stock reported on The New York Stock Exchange on May 14, 1998 pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee. The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A Registration Statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the Registration Statement becomes effective. This Prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State. Subject to Completion, dated May 19, 1998 PROSPECTUS 185,000 Shares THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY Class A Common Stock, par value $.10 per share ________________________ This Prospectus relates to up to 185,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.10 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") of The New York Times Company (the "Company") which may be offered and sold to immediate family members of certain participants in the Company's Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), pursuant to non-qualified stock options (the "Stock Options") granted to such participants under such Plan, some or all of which may be transferred by participants to immediate family members in accordance with the Plan and the terms and conditions of such Stock Options. This Prospectus also relates to the offer and sale of Class A Common Stock pursuant to such Stock Options to (i) the executors, administrators or beneficiaries of the estates of such persons, or other persons duly authorized by law to administer the estate or assets of such persons; and (ii) partnerships or limited liability companies whose only partners or members are immediate family members of a participant, or trusts established by participants for the benefit of one or more immediate family members. Under the Plan, "immediate family members" means a participant's spouse, parents, children (including adopted and stepchildren) and grandchildren, and the spouses of such parents, children (including adopted and stepchildren) and grandchildren. The Class A Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol"NYT." On May 14, 1998 the closing sale price of the Class A Common Stock on the NYSE was 70-7/8 per share. ________________________________ THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. No dealer, salesperson or other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations not contained in this Prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered hereby in any jurisdiction in which, or any person to whom, it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that the information herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof. ________________________________ The date of this Prospectus is ______________, 1998 AVAILABLE INFORMATION The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and in accordance therewith, files reports, and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, as well as the following Regional Offices of the Commission: Midwest Regional Office, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511, and Northeast Regional Office, Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048. Copies of such material can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at the prescribed rates. The Commission maintains a Web site at http://www.sec.gov containing reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants, including the Company, that file electronically with the Commission. Reports, proxy statements and other information concerning the Company may also be inspected at the offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated in this Prospectus by reference: 1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 1997; 2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 29, 1998; and 3. The description of the Class A Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10 filed under the Exchange Act on April 28, 1967, and all amendments and or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the securities registered hereunder shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof. The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom this Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus (without exhibits other than exhibits specifically incorporated by reference). Requests for such copies may be directed to The New York Times Company, 229 West 43d Street, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Corporate Secretary, (212) 556- 1234. 2 THE COMPANY The Company is a diversified media company including newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations, electronic information and publishing and forest products investments. The Company currently classifies its business into the following segments: Newspapers: The New York Times ("The Times"); The Boston Globe, a daily newspaper, and the Boston Sunday Globe; 18 other daily and three non-daily newspapers in Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina; newspaper distributors in the New York City and Boston metropolitan areas; various newspaper on-line products; news, photo and graphics services and news and features syndication; TimesFax; The New York Times Index; and licensing of electronic data bases and microform, CD-ROM products and the trademarks and copyrights of The Times and The Globe. Magazines: Golf Digest, Golf World and Golf Shop Operations. Broadcasting: television stations WTKR-TV in Norfolk, Virginia; WREG-TV in Memphis, Tennessee; KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; WNEP-TV in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania; WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa; WHNT- TV in Huntsville, Alabama; WQAD-TV in Moline, Illinois; and KFSM-TV in Fort Smith, Arkansas; and radio stations WQXR (FM) and WQEW (AM) in New York City. Forest Products Investments and Other Joint Ventures: Minority equity interests in a Canadian newsprint company and a supercalendered paper manufacturing partnership in Maine, and a one-half interest in the International Herald Tribune. The Company was incorporated on August 26, 1896, under the laws of the State of New York. Its executive offices are located at 229 West 43d Street, New York, N.Y., 10036, and its telephone number is (212) 556-1234. USE OF PROCEEDS The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Class A Common Stock offered hereby for general corporate purposes. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN AND THE STOCK OPTIONS A copy of the Plan is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. The following summary of certain provisions of the Plan does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the Plan, including the definitions therein of certain terms. General On February 21, 1991, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Plan, subject to the approval of the Class A and Class B Stockholders voting together as one class at the 1991 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. On April 16, 1991, the Plan was approved by the Class A and Class B Stockholders. The Plan was amended by the Board of Directors on May 16, 1997 (to increase the size of the annual option grant from 1,000 to 2,000) and on February 18, 1998 (to provide that, under certain circumstances, Stock Options may be transferred by a Plan participant as discussed below under "-Transferability"). 3 The purpose of the Plan is to maintain the Company's ability to attract and retain the services of experienced and highly qualified non-employee directors and to increase their proprietary interest in the Company's continued success. The Plan provides for automatic annual grants of Stock Options on the date of the Company's Annual Meeting to each individual who is elected to the Board of Directors at such meeting, provided such individual is not also an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Grants of Stock Options under the Plan will continue through the 2001 Annual Meeting. Each annual grant permits the holder, for a period of ten years from the date of grant, to purchase from the Company 2,000 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reclassification and certain other events as provided in the Plan) at the market value of such shares on the date the Stock Option was granted (the "Option Exercise Price"). Each Stock Option becomes exercisable one term-year after the date of the grant (defined to be the period from one Annual Meeting to the next), provided the grantee continues to be a director on such date. In the event a non-employee director terminates service on the Board by reason of death, disability or retirement (defined to be retirement at age 65 or thereafter), the Stock Option will become immediately exercisable and will continue to be exercisable for the remaining term of the Stock Option. In the event a non-employee director terminates service on the Board other than by reason of death, disability or retirement, such person's Stock Options (to the extent exercisable upon such termination) expire one year from the date of termination of service, provided that in no event may a Stock Option be exercised beyond its original expiration date. In the event of the death of a non-employee director after terminating service on the Board, any outstanding Stock Options expire at the later of the expiration date determined at the time the non-employee director terminated service or one year from the date of death, provided that in no event may a Stock Option be exercised beyond its original expiration date. An aggregate of 250,000 shares of Class A Common Stock were initially reserved for issuance under the Plan. As of April 30, 1998, 185,000 shares (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reclassification and certain other events as provided in the Plan) remained reserved under the Plan. Shares subject to Stock Options which terminate or expire unexercised will be available for future grants. The Plan is administered by the Board of Directors, who are authorized to interpret the Plan but have no authority with respect to the selection of directors to receive Stock Options, the number of shares subject to the Plan, or the Option Exercise Price for shares subject to Stock Options. The Board may amend the Plan as it shall deem advisable but may not, without further approval of the stockholders, increase the maximum number of shares under the Plan, change the Option Exercise Price provided in the Plan, extend the period during which Stock Options may be granted or exercised, or change the class of persons eligible to receive Stock Options. Adjustments will be made in the number and kind of shares subject to the Plan and the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding and subsequent option grants and in the Option Exercise Price of outstanding Stock Options, in each case to reflect changes in the Company's Class A Common Stock through changes in the corporate structure or capitalization such as through a merger, stock split or stock dividend. Transferability The Plan provides that Stock Options are generally not transferable by a participant except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and are exercisable during the participant's lifetime only by the participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under certain circumstances, the Board may grant (or sanction by amending an existing grant) Stock Options that may be transferred by the participant during his or her lifetime to any immediate family member. Immediate family members are defined as the participant's spouse, parents, children (including adopted and stepchildren) and grandchildren, and the spouses of such parents, children (including adopted and 4 stepchildren) and grandchildren. Stock Options may also be transferred by a participant to a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or members are immediate family members of such participant, or a trust established by a participant for the benefit of one or more of immediate family members of such participant (such entities, together with the immediate family members of a participant,"Permitted Transferees"). Upon transfer to a Permitted Transferee, a Stock Option continues to be governed by and subject to the terms and limitations of the Plan and the relevant grant, and except as described in the succeeding paragraph, the Permitted Transferee is entitled to the same rights thereunder as the transferor, as if no transfer had taken place. Accordingly, the rights of the Permitted Transferee are subject to the terms and limitations of the original grant to the transferor, including the following: Number of Shares and Option Exercise Price. The number of shares issuable upon exercise and the Option Exercise Price are not affected by the transfer, but are subject to future adjustment as set forth in the Plan. Termination. A Stock Option is subject to forfeiture upon the termination of the transferor's service as a director (other than as a result of death, disability or retirement), as provided in the Plan. The Company has no obligation to advise a Permitted Transferee in advance of any forfeiture of a transferred Stock Option due to the termination of the transferor's service as a director or otherwise. Vesting. A transferred Stock Option may only be exercised by the Permitted Transferee after such Stock Option has vested. Expiration. A transferred Stock Option expires on the tenth anniversary of the date of the initial grant, regardless of the date of transfer to the Permitted Transferee. Once a Stock Option has been transferred to a Permitted Transferee, it may not be subsequently transferred except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTIONS BY PERMITTED TRANSFEREES A Stock Option may be exercised by a Permitted Transferee at any time from the later of the date the transfer is effective or the date the transferred Stock Option vests until the close of business on the expiration (or earlier forfeiture) date of the transferred Stock Option. Stock Options vest on the date of the first Annual Meeting of Stockholders subsequent to the date of grant. The Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders is generally held in April of each year. The Option Exercise Price shall be paid to the Company at the time of exercise (i) in U.S. dollars; (ii) by transferring shares of Class A Common Stock (but not fewer than 100 shares) already owned by the Permitted Transferee having a total market value on the date of exercise at least equal to the Option Exercise Price (a "stock swap"); (iii) by authorizing the Company to retain shares of Class A Common Stock that would otherwise be issued to the Permitted Transferee by the Company upon exercise of the transferred Stock Option having a total market value on the date of exercise at least equal to the Option Exercise Price (a "stock retention"); (iv) by a combination of cash and shares of Class A Common Stock equal in value to the Option Exercise Price; or (v) by such other means as the Board may from time to time determine. A Stock Option will be deemed exercised on the date the Company has received a copy of the Transferee Stock Option Exercise Form prescribed from time to time by the Company, completed in all respects in accordance with the instructions therein and signed by the Permitted Transferee (accompanied by payment in U.S. dollars and/or shares of Class A Common Stock and stock transfers, where applicable). The Stock Option shares will generally be issued to the Permitted Transferee as of the day following the date that (i) the above conditions have been met and (ii) the funds and/or shares of 5 Class A Common Stock paid by the Permitted Transferee in satisfaction of the Option Exercise Price have been received by the Company free and clear of all restrictions. Once the exercise is completed as described above, stock certificates for the appropriate number of shares will be delivered to the Permitted Transferee. Sales of shares of Class A Common Stock obtained upon the exercise of a transferred Stock Option (and the ability of a Permitted Transferee to use shares of Class A Common Stock to exercise a transferred Stock Option pursuant to a stock swap or stock retention) are subject to the Company's policies respecting trades in Class A Common Stock by directors. These policies include limits on trading to specified "window periods" following the Company's periodic release of its financial results. Transferees should contact the Company's Corporate Secretary at (212) 556-1234 for further details about these Company policies. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES Prior to making a transfer of a Stock Option, a participant should consult with his or her personal tax advisors concerning the possible federal and state gift, estate, inheritance and generation skipping tax consequences of such a transfer, as well as state and local income tax consequences which are not addressed herein. The discussion of federal income tax consequences for the participant and the Permitted Transferee set forth below assumes that the transfer of a Stock Option during a participant's lifetime is made by way of gift and no consideration is received therefor. Income Tax Consequences for Participant Transferors A participant who transfers a Stock Option by way of gift to a Permitted Transferee will not recognize income at the time of the transfer. Instead, at the time the Permitted Transferee exercises the Stock Option, the participant will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares purchased (which will not necessarily be equal to the price at which such shares are sold, even if sold on the same day as exercise) over the Option Exercise Price. Subject to certain limitations, the Company will generally be entitled to claim a Federal income tax deduction at such time and in the same amount that the participant realizes ordinary income. In the event the Permitted Transferee exercises the Stock Option after the death of the participant, any such ordinary income will be recognized by the participant's estate. Income Tax Consequences for Permitted Transferees A Permitted Transferee will not recognize income at the time of the transfer of the Stock Option since a gift is specifically excluded from gross income. As described in the preceding paragraph, the participant (or the participant's estate) and not the Permitted Transferee will recognize ordinary income at the time the Permitted Transferee exercises the Stock Option. 6 Income Tax Consequences on Subsequent Sale of Stock Tax Basis. If the Stock Option is exercised by the Permitted Transferee for cash, the tax basis for the shares in the hands of the Permitted Transferee is the Option Exercise Price for the Stock Option plus the amount of the income recognized by the participant transferor (or if the exercise occurs after the participant transferor's death, by the participant's estate) at the time of exercise. If a Permitted Transferee surrenders shares of Class A Common Stock in payment of the Option Exercise Price of a transferred Stock Option, the Permitted Transferee's tax basis in the number of shares received equal to the number of shares surrendered is the tax basis of the surrendered shares. The Permitted Transferee's basis in the additional shares received is the sum of the amount recognized as income by the participant or the participant's estate, and any cash that the Permitted Transferee pays as part of the Option Exercise Price. Sale of Stock. If shares acquired upon exercise of a Stock Option are later sold or exchanged, then the difference between the sale price and the Permitted Transferee's tax basis for the shares will generally be taxable to the Permitted Transferee as long-term or short-term capital gain or loss (if the stock is a capital asset of the taxpayer) depending upon whether the stock has been held for more than one year after the exercise date. If the shares have been held for over 18 months, more preferential long-term capital gains rates may apply under recently enacted tax legislation. VALIDITY OF OFFERED SECURITIES The validity of the Class A Common Stock offered by this Prospectus will be passed upon for the Company by Solomon B. Watson IV, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. EXPERTS The financial statements and the related financial statement schedules incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 1997 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. 7 PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution The fees and expenses to be paid in connection with the distribution of the securities being registered hereby are estimated as follows:
Registration Fee.............................................. $ 3,879 Legal fees and expenses....................................... 5,000* Accounting fees and expenses.................................. 15,000* Printing...................................................... 1,000* Miscellaneous................................................. 1,000* ----------- Total.................................................... $ 25,879* ----------- -----------
- ----------------------- * Estimated Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Pursuant to the New York Business Corporation Law (the"NYBCL"), the Registrant has the power to indemnify certain persons, including its officers and directors, under stated circumstances and subject to certain limitations in connection with services performed in good faith for the Registrant. Under the Registrant's by-laws, any person made or threatened to be made a party to any civil or criminal action or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she or his or her testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the Registrant, or served any other corporation or entity of any type or kind, domestic or foreign, in any capacity, at the request of the Registrant, shall be indemnified against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, taxes or penalties and expenses, including attorneys' fees, to the full extent permitted by law, provided that no indemnification may be made in any case if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. The Registrant's by-laws provide that such right to indemnification is not intended to limit any right to indemnification to which any officer or director would be entitled by law in the absence of such by-law provision, nor shall it be deemed exclusive of any other rights such a person may have under law, any provision of the Registrant's certificate of incorporation or by-laws, any agreement approved by the Board of Directors, or a resolution of stockholders or directors. The Registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance which insures against liabilities that directors or officers of the Registrant may incur in such capacities. Item 16. Exhibits 4.1 Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, and incorporated by reference herein) 4.2 Registrant's By-laws, as amended (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 1997, and incorporated by reference herein) II-1 5 Opinion of Solomon B. Watson IV (filed herewith) 23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith) 23.2 Consent of Solomon B. Watson IV (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5) 24 Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereof) 99 Registrant's Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 1998, and incorporated by reference herein) Item 17. Undertakings (A) The undersigned hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; provided, however that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (B) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (C) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for II-2 indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-3 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-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 19th day of May, 1998. THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY By /s/ Rhonda L. Brauer ------------------------ Rhonda L. Brauer Assistant Secretary Power of Attorney Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Solomon B. Watson IV, Laura J. Corwin and Rhonda L. Brauer, and each acting alone, his/her and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement, whether pre-effective or post-effective, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures Title Date ---------- ----- ---- /s/ Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. Chairman of the Board May 19, 1998 - ----------------------------- (principal executive officer) Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr. /s/ John M. O'Brien Senior Vice President and May 19, 1998 - ----------------------------- Chief Financial Officer John M. O'Brien (principal financial officer) /s/ Stuart Stoller Vice President and May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Corporate Controller (principal Stuart Stoller accounting officer) II-4 /s/ Russell T. Lewis President and Chief May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Executive Officer, Russell T. Lewis Director /s/ Michael Golden Vice Chairman and May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Senior Vice President, Michael Golden Director /s/ John F. Akers Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ John F. Akers /s/ Brenda C. Barnes Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Brenda C. Barnes /s/ Richard L. Gelb Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Richard L. Gelb /s/ A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. /s/ Robert A. Lawrence Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Robert A. Lawrence /s/ Ellen R. Marram Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Ellen R. Marram /s/ Charles H. Price II Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Charles H. Price II /s/ George L. Shinn Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ George L. Shinn /s/ Donald M. Stewart Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Donald M. Stewart /s/ Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Arthur Ochs Sulzberger II-5 /s/ Judith P. Sulzberger Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ Judith P. Sulzberger /s/ William O. Taylor Director May 19, 1998 - ------------------------------ William O. Taylor
II-6 EXHIBIT INDEX 4.1 Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, and incorporated by reference herein) 4.2 Registrant's By-laws, as amended (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 1997, and incorporated by reference herein) 5 Opinion of Solomon B. Watson IV (filed herewith) 23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith) 23.2 Consent of Solomon B. Watson IV (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5) 24 Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereof) 99 Registrant's Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 1998, and incorporated by reference herein) II-7 EX-5 2 EXHIBIT 5 EXHIBIT 5 May 19, 1998 The New York Times Company 229 West 43d Street New York, New York 10036 Ladies and Gentlemen: As Senior Vice President and General Counsel for The New York Times Company, a New York corporation (the "Company"), I have been requested to render this opinion in connection with the Company's filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register 185,000 shares (the "Shares") of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share. The Shares being registered are expected to be offered and sold from time to time pursuant to the exercise of transferable nonqualified stock options granted to participants in the Company's Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") and transferred by those participants to certain permitted transferees in accordance with the terms of the Plan. I have examined and am familiar with the Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto and a copy of the Plan. In addition, I have made such investigations and have reviewed such other documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate under the circumstances. In such examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to me as copies. As to questions of fact material to such opinions, I have, when relevant facts were not independently established by me, relied upon certificates of public officials and certificates of officers of the Company. Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon payment therefor and issuance in accordance with the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. I am a member of the Bar of the State of New York and do not hold myself out as being expert in, and am not opining on, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of New York. Sincerely, /s/ Solomon B. Watson IV EX-23.1 3 EXHIBIT 23-1 EXHIBIT 23.1 Independent Auditors' Consent We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of The New York Times Company on Form S-3 of our report dated January 30, 1998, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The New York Times Company for the year ended December 28, 1997 and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. Deloitte & Touche LLP New York, New York May 15, 1998 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----