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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Clark-Johnson Susan
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Gannett Co., Inc. 7950 Jones Branch Drive
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(Street)
McLean Virginia 22107
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Gannett Co., Inc. ("GCI")
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
October, 2001
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ X ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Senior Group President/Pacific Newspaper Group
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[ X ] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End Direct Nature of
2. 3. ----------------------------- of Month (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Transaction (A) (Instr. 3 & 4) Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Code Amount or Price (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (Instr. 8) (D) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 10/05/01 M 7,200 A $32.00 See Below I (3)
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Common Stock 10/05/01 S 7,200 D $61.0300 1,052 I (3)
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Common Stock 10/16/01 M 6,000 A $32.00 See Below D
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Common Stock 10/16/01 S 6,000 D $65.7500 16,132 D
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Common Stock To 09/30/01 5,930.531 I (1)
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Common Stock To 09/30/01 2,388.406 I (1)(3)
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Common Stock To 06/30/01 678.8220 I (2)
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Common Stock To 06/30/01 770.0324 I (2)(3)
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v)
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Stock Option $32.00 10/05/01 M 7,200 12/12/99 12/12/03 Common 7,200 0 0 I (3)
Stock
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Stock Option $32.00 10/16/01 M 6,000 12/12/99 12/12/03 Common 6,000 0 7,800 D
Stock
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Held by the trustee of the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan, The
Northern Trust Company.
(2) Held by the trustee of the Company's 401(k) Plan, Boston Safe Deposit and
Trust Company.
(3) Held by spouse and/or immediate family member of reporting person.
Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.
/s/Susan Clark-Johnson 11/06/01
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient. See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Alternatively, this form is permitted to be submitted to the
Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person
pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.
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