-----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, UKlyHk+jdD2uLspdjYbSXvskQ7pIXidqzmJU2ITQszjpLl58sxLDKHChsGTwGdZU Xrn0A64wLtoFQhTbawCixg== 0000726513-08-000003.txt : 20080208 0000726513-08-000003.hdr.sgml : 20080208 20080208165205 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000726513-08-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080204 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20080208 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080208 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRIBUNE CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000726513 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NEWSPAPERS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711] IRS NUMBER: 361880355 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08572 FILM NUMBER: 08589877 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 435 N MICHIGAN AVE STREET 2: STE 600 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60611 BUSINESS PHONE: 3122229100 8-K 1 reardonform8k.htm JOHN REARDON RESIGNS reardonform8k.htm
 

 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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):  February 4, 2008

Commission file number 1-8572

TRIBUNE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
36-1880355
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
(Address of principal executive offices)
60611
(Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (312) 222-9100
 

 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 
[  ]
Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 
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 ITEM 5.02
DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS;
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN
OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGENMETS OF CERTAIN
OFFICERS.


Effective February 4, 2008, John E. Reardon resigned as president of Tribune Broadcasting Company.  In connection with his departure, Mr. Reardon will receive payments consistent with the terms previously disclosed in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, dated July 13, 2007, and consistent with the Company’s Management Equity Incentive Plan adopted on December 20, 2007.

As previously announced, Ed Wilson, former president of the Fox Television Network, has been appointed as the new president of Tribune Broadcasting Company effective February 11, 2008.
 

 
SIGNATURE
 
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.
 

 
     TRIBUNE COMPANY
     (Registrant)
 
 
Date:  February 8, 2008
       /s/ Mark W. Hianik
       Mark W. Hianik
       Vice President/Assistant General Counsel
   


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