As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 1998
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE MCCLATCHY COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 52-2080478
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
2100 "Q" Street
Sacramento, California 95816
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(Address of Principal (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
THE MCCLATCHY COMPANY
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
COPY TO:
KAROLE MORGAN-PRAGER KATHARINE A. MARTIN
2100 "Q" Street Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP
P.O. Box 15779 2550 Hanover Street
Sacramento, CA 95852 Palo Alto, CA 94305
(916) 321-1000 (650) 233-4500
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(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Amount Proposed Maximum Proposed Amount of
Securities To To Be Offering Price Maximum Aggregate Registration
Be Registered Registered(1) per Share(2) Offering Price(2) Fee(3)
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Class A Common Stock, 1,000,000 $36.71875 $36,718,750 $10,832.04
par value $.01
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(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act") this Registration Statement
includes an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be
issuable as a result of anti-dilution provisions described in the
Plan.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the
Registrant's Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Transactions Tape.
(3) The Registration Fee has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act.
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The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with
Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION.*
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ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.*
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* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with
Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
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The following documents previously filed by The McClatchy
Company (the "Registrant") or McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., the predecessor
corporation to the Registrant ("McClatchy"), with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(i) The Registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997.
(ii) The Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1998.
(iii) McClatchy's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 9, 1998.
(iv) McClatchy's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 29, 1998.
(v) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 19, 1998,
filed March 19, 1998.
(vi) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 19, 1998,
filed April 3, 1998, as amended on May 27, 1998.
(vii) The description of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock
contained in McClatchy's registration statement on Form 8-A dated November 28,
1988, as amended on December 9, 1988.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
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shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
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Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
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Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
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Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL")
permits the Registrant's board of directors to indemnify any person against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person
is made a party by reason of his or her being or having been a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, in terms sufficiently broad to
permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities
Act. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not
exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled
under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or
otherwise.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides for
indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
As permitted by sections 102 and 145 of the DGCL, the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation eliminates a director's personal
liability for monetary damages to Registrant and its stockholders arising from a
breach or alleged breach of a director's fiduciary duty as a director, other
than a breach of the director's duty of loyalty to Registrant or its
stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, under section 174 of the
DGCL or for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
In addition, the Registrant maintains officers' and directors'
insurance covering certain liabilities that may be incurred by officers and
directors in the performance of their duties.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
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Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
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See Index to Exhibits to this Form S-8, which is incorporated
herein by reference.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
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(a) The undersigned Registrant 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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement
(or the most recent effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the dollar value
of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective 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 (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this
section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3,
Form S-8 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, 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.
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(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act 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 Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for 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
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
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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-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Sacramento, State of California, on July 22,
1998.
THE McCLATCHY COMPANY
By /S/ GARY B. PRUITT
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Gary B. Pruitt
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and sssssappoints Gary B. Pruitt and Karole
Morgan-Prager, and each of them his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration
statement, and to file the same, with 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 requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may 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 by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
NAME TITLE DATE
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/S/ GARY B. PRUITT President, Chief Executive Officer July 22, 1998
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Gary B. Pruitt Officer)
/S/ JAMES P. SMITH Vice President, Finance and July 22, 1998
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James P. Smith Officer)
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NAME TITLE DATE
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/S/ ROBERT W. BERGER Controller (Principal Accounting July 22, 1998
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Robert W. Berger
Director
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Elizabeth Ballantine
/S/ WILLIAM K. COBLENTZ Director July 22, 1998
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William K. Coblentz
/S/ MOLLY MALONEY EVANGELISTI Director July 22, 1998
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Molly Maloney Evangelisti
Director
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R. Larry Jinks
/S/ JOAN F. LANE Director July 22, 1998
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Joan F. Lane
/S/ JAMES B. MCCLATCHY Director July 22, 1998
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James B. McClatchy
/S/ WILLIAM ELLERY MCCLATCHY Director July 22, 1998
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William Ellery McClatchy
/S/ ERWIN POTTS Chairman of the Board and July 22, 1998
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Erwin Potts
/S/ S. DONLEY RITCHEY, JR. Director July 22, 1998
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S. Donley Ritchey, Jr.
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NAME TITLE DATE
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Director
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William M. Roth
/S/ FREDERICK R. RUIZ Director July 22, 1998
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Frederick R. Ruiz
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER EXHIBIT
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4.1 Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1997.
4.2 Registrant's Bylaws (originally adopted under the name MNI
Newco, Inc.), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File
No. 333-46501).
4.3 Registrant's Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option Plan,
filed herewith.
5.1 Opinion of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, filed herewith.
23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, filed herewith.
23.2 Consent of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, included in
Exhibit 5.1.
24.1 Power of Attorney, included on page 6.
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THE McCLATCHY COMPANY
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(effective February 1, 1998)
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.
The Plan was established in 1994 to offer selected employees of the
Company or of a Subsidiary an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in
the success of the Company, or to increase such interest, by purchasing Shares
of the Company's Class A Common Stock. The Plan provides for the grant of
Options to purchase Shares, which may include Nonstatutory Options as wells as
ISOs intended to qualify under section 422 of the Code. Effective as of February
1, 1998, the Plan is amended and restated as set forth herein.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company, as
constituted from time to time.
(b) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(c) "Committee" shall mean a committee appointed by the Board, as
described in Section 3(a); provided, however, grants of Options to Employees who
are nonemployee Directors shall be made by the full Board which shall act as the
Committee for that purpose.
(d) "Company" shall mean The McClatchy Company, a Delaware corporation.
(e) "Employee" shall mean (i) any individual who is an employee (within
the meaning of section 3401(c) of the Code and the regulations thereunder) of
the Company or a Subsidiary and (ii) directors of the Company, including
nonemployee directors.
(f) "Exercise Price" shall mean the amount for which one Share may be
purchased upon exercise of an Option, as specified by the Committee in the
applicable Stock Option Agreement.
(g) "Fair Market Value" shall mean the market price of a Share,
determined by the Committee as follows:
(i) If the Share was traded on a stock exchange on the date in
question, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the closing
price reported by the applicable composite-transactions report for such
date;
(ii) If the Share was traded over-the-counter on the date in
question and was traded on the Nasdaq system or the Nasdaq National
Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the
last-transaction price quoted for such date by the Nasdaq system or the
Nasdaq National Market;
(iii) If the Share was traded over-the-counter on the date in
question but was not traded on the Nasdaq system or the Nasdaq National
Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the mean between
the last reported representative bid and asked prices quoted for such
date by the principal automated inter-dealer quotation system on which
Stock is quoted or, if the Stock is not quoted on any such system, by
the "Pink Sheets" published by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.; and
(iv) If none of the foregoing provisions is applicable, then
the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in good
faith on such basis as it deems appropriate.
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(h) "ISO" shall mean an employee incentive stock option described in
section 422(b) of the Code.
(i) "Nonstatutory Option" shall mean a stock option not described in
sections 422 or 423 of the Code.
(j) "Option" shall mean an ISO or Nonstatutory Option granted under the
Plan and entitling the holder to purchase Shares.
(k) "Optionee" shall mean an individual who holds an Option.
(l) "Plan" shall mean this The McClatchy Company Amended and Restated
1994 Stock Option Plan, as it may be amended.
(m) "Service" shall mean service as an Employee.
(n) "Share" shall mean one share of Stock, as adjusted in accordance
with Section 8 (if applicable).
(o) "Stock" shall mean the Class A Common Stock of the Company.
(p) "Stock Option Agreement" shall mean the agreement between the
Company and an Optionee which contains the terms, conditions and restrictions
pertaining to his or her Option.
(q) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation, if the Company and/or one
or more other Subsidiaries own not less than 50 percent of the total combined
voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of such corporation. A
corporation that attains the status of a Subsidiary on a date after the adoption
of the Plan shall be considered a Subsidiary commencing as of such date.
(r) "Total and Permanent Disability" shall mean that the Optionee is
unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which has lasted, or can be expected
to last, for a continuous period of not less than twelve months or which can be
expected to result in death.
SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. The Plan shall be administered by the
Committee which shall consist of not less than two directors appointed by the
Board each of whom shall satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3, as amended of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and (b) such requirements as the
Internal Revenue service may establish for outside directors acting under plans
intended to qualify for exemption under section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.
(b) COMMITTEE PROCEDURES. The Board shall designate one of the members
of the Committee as chairman. The Committee may hold meetings at such times and
places as it shall determine. The acts of a majority of the Committee members
present at meetings at which a quorum exists, or acts reduced to or approved in
writing by all Committee members, shall be valid acts of the Committee.
(c) COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES. Subject to the provisions of the
Plan, the Committee shall have full authority and discretion to take the
following actions:
(i) To interpret the Plan and to apply its provisions;
(ii) To adopt, amend or rescind rules, procedures and forms
relating to the Plan;
(iii) To authorize any person to execute, on behalf of the
Company, any instrument required to carry out the purposes of the Plan;
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(iv) To determine when Options are to be granted under the
Plan;
(v) To select the Optionees;
(vi) To determine the number of Shares to be made subject to
each Option;
(vii) To prescribe the terms and conditions of each Option,
including (without limitation) the Exercise Price, to determine whether
such Option is to be classified as an ISO or as a Nonstatutory Option,
to specify the provisions of the Stock Option Agreement relating to
such Option, and to determine whether an Option should be settled under
Section 7(c) and the form of settlement;
(viii) To amend any outstanding Stock Option Agreement,
subject to applicable legal restrictions and to the consent of the
Optionee who entered into such agreement; and
(ix) To take any other actions deemed necessary or advisable
for the administration of the Plan.
All decisions, interpretations and other actions of the Committee shall be final
and binding on all Optionees and all persons deriving their rights from an
Optionee. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action that he or
she has taken or has failed to take in good faith with respect to the Plan or
any Option.
SECTION 4. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) GENERAL RULE. Only Employees shall be eligible for designation as
Optionees by the Committee.
(b) TEN-PERCENT SHAREHOLDERS. An Employee who owns more than 10 percent
of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall not be eligible for the grant of an ISO
unless (i) the Exercise Price under such ISO is at least 110 percent of the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the date of grant and (ii) such ISO by its terms is
not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date of grant.
(c) ATTRIBUTION RULES. For purposes of Subsection (b) above, in
determining stock ownership, an Employee shall be deemed to own the stock owned,
directly or indirectly, by or for his brothers, sisters, spouse, ancestors and
lineal descendants. Stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a
corporation, partnership, estate or trust shall be deemed to be owned
proportionately by or for its shareholders, partners or beneficiaries. Stock
with respect to which such Employee holds an option shall not be counted.
(d) OUTSTANDING STOCK. For purposes of Subsection (b) above,
"outstanding stock" shall include all stock actually issued and outstanding at
the time of the grant of the ISO to the Optionee. "Outstanding stock" shall not
include treasury shares or shares authorized for issuance under outstanding
options held by the Optionee or by any other person.
SECTION 5. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN.
(a) BASIC LIMITATION. Shares offered under the Plan shall be authorized
but unissued Shares or treasury Shares. The aggregate number of Shares which may
be issued under the Plan shall not exceed 1,812,500 Shares, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 8. The number of Shares which are subject to
Options at any time under the Plan shall not exceed the number of Shares which
then remain available for issuance under the Plan. The Company, during the term
of the Plan, shall at all times reserve and keep available sufficient Shares to
satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
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(b) ADDITIONAL SHARES. In the event that any outstanding Option for any
reason expires or is canceled or otherwise terminated (except as provided in
Section 7 (c)), the Shares allocable to the unexercised portion of such Option
shall again be available for the purposes of the Plan.
SECTION 6. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.
(a) STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT. Each grant of an Option under the Plan
shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement between the Optionee and the
Company. Such Option shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of
the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions which are not
inconsistent with the Plan and which the Committee deems appropriate for
inclusion in a Stock Option Agreement. The provisions of the various Stock
Option Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical.
(b) NUMBER OF SHARES. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the
number of Shares that are subject to the Option and shall provide for the
adjustment of such number in accordance with Section 8. Options granted to any
Optionee in a single calendar year shall in no event cover more than 187,500
Shares, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8. The Stock Option
Agreement shall also specify whether the Option is an ISO or a Nonstatutory
Option.
(c) EXERCISE PRICE. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the
Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of an Option shall not be less than 100
percent of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant, except as
otherwise provided in Section 4(b). Subject to the preceding sentence, the
Exercise Price under any Option shall be determined by the Committee at its sole
discretion. The Exercise Price shall be payable in accordance with Section 7.
(d) EXERCISABILITY AND TERM. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify
the date when all or any installment of the Option is to become exercisable. The
Stock Option Agreement shall also specify the term of the Option. The term shall
not exceed 10 years from the date of grant, except as otherwise provided in
Section 4(b). Subject to the preceding sentence, the Committee at its sole
discretion shall determine when all or any part of an Option is to become
exercisable and when such Option is to expire.
(e) NONTRANSFERABILITY. During an Optionee's lifetime, and unless his
or her Stock Option Agreement otherwise provides, his or her Option(s) shall be
exercisable only by him or her and shall not be transferable. In the event of an
Optionee's death, his or her nontransferable Option(s) shall not be transferable
other than by beneficiary designation, will or by the laws of descent and
distribution.
(f) TERMINATION OF SERVICE (EXCEPT BY DEATH). If an Optionee's Service
terminates for any reason other than death, then his or her Option(s) shall
expire on the earliest of the following occasions:
(i) The expiration date determined pursuant to Subsection (d)
above;
(ii) The date 90 days after the termination of the Optionee's
Service, if the termination occurs on or after the earliest date when
he or she is eligible for early or normal retirement under the Restated
Retirement Plan for Employees of The McClatchy Company;
(iii) The date one year after the termination of the
Optionee's Service, if the termination occurs because of his or her
Total and Permanent Disability; or
(iv) The date 30 days after the termination of the Optionee's
Service, if the termination is not described in Paragraphs (ii) or
(iii) above.
Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may agree to alternative expiration
periods in any applicable Stock Option Agreement, so long as such alternative
periods do not exceed 10 years from the date of grant as set forth in Subsection
(d) above. The Optionee may exercise all or part of his or her Option(s) at any
time before the expiration of such Option(s) under the preceding sentence, but
only to the extent that such Option(s) had become
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exercisable before his or her service terminated or became exercisable as a
result of the termination. The balance of such Option(s) shall lapse when the
Optionee's Service terminates. In the event that the Optionee dies after the
termination of his or her Service but before the expiration of his or her
Option(s), all or part of such Option(s) may be exercised (prior to expiration)
by the executors or administrators of the Optionee's estate or by any person who
has acquired such Option(s) directly from him or her by bequest or inheritance,
but only to the extent that such Option(s) had become exercisable before his or
her Service terminated or became exercisable as a result of the termination.
(g) LEAVES OF ABSENCE. For purposes of Subsection (f) above, Service
shall be deemed to continue while the Optionee is on military leave, sick leave
or other bona fide leave of absence (as determined by the Committee). The
foregoing notwithstanding, in the case of an ISO granted under the Plan, Service
shall not be deemed to continue beyond the first 90 days of such leave, unless
the Optionee's reemployment rights are guaranteed by statute or by contract.
(h) DEATH OF OPTIONEE. If an Optionee dies while he or she is in
service, then his or her Option(s) shall expire on the earlier of the following
dates:
(i) The expiration date determined pursuant to Subsection (d)
above; or
(ii) The date 12 months after his or her death.
All or part of the Optionee's Option(s) may be exercised at any time before the
expiration of such Option(s) under the preceding sentence by the executors or
administrators of his or her estate or by any person who has acquired such
Option(s) directly from him or her by bequest or inheritance.
(i) NO RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. An Optionee, or a transferee of an
Optionee, shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares
covered by his or her Option until the date of the issuance of a stock
certificate for such Shares. No adjustment shall be made except as provided in
Section 8.
(j) MODIFICATION, EXTENSION AND RENEWAL OF OPTIONS. Within the
limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding
Options or may accept the cancellation of outstanding Options (to the extent not
previously exercised) for the granting of new Options in substitution therefor.
The foregoing notwithstanding, no modification of an Option shall, without the
consent of the Optionee, impair his or her rights or increase his or her
obligations under such Option.
(k) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF SHARES. Any Shares issued upon exercise
of an Option shall be subject to such special rights of repurchase, rights of
first refusal and other transfer restrictions as the Committee may determine.
Such restrictions shall be set forth in the applicable Stock Option Agreement
and shall apply in addition to any general restrictions that may apply to all
holders of Shares.
SECTION 7. PAYMENT FOR SHARES.
(a) GENERAL RULE. The entire Exercise Price of Shares issued under the
Plan shall be payable in cash at the time when such Shares are purchased, except
as follows:
(b) SURRENDER OF STOCK. To the extent that the Stock Option Agreement
so provides, payment may be made with Shares which have already been owned by
the Optionee for more than 12 months and which are surrendered to the Company in
good form for transfer. Such Shares shall be valued at their Fair Market Value
on the date when the new Shares are purchased under the Plan.
(c) SETTLEMENT IN CASH AND/OR SHARES. To the extent that the Stock
Option Agreement so provides, the Committee shall have the authority, in its
sole discretion, to settle all or any part of an exercisable Option or
installment of any Option by offering payment in Shares or in cash, or in any
combination of Shares and cash, in exchange for the surrender of that Option,
installment or partial installment of the Option by the Optionee. The
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amount offered by the Committee shall not exceed the difference between the
Exercise Price of the Option and the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date
of the offer. In no event shall Options be settled under this Subsection (c) if
the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the cancelled Options does not
exceed the Exercise Price of such Options. Options shall not be settled for cash
under this Subsection (c) unless they have been outstanding for not less than
six months. Shares as to which Options have been settled shall not be available
for further Option grants under the Plan.
(d) CASHLESS EXERCISES. Payment may be made all or in part by delivery
(on a form prescribed by the Committee) of an irrevocable direction to a
securities broker to sell Shares and to deliver all or part of the sale proceeds
to the Company in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price.
SECTION 8. ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES.
(a) GENERAL. In the event of a subdivision of the outstanding Stock, a
declaration of a dividend payable in Shares, a declaration of a dividend payable
in cash in an amount that has a material effect on the price of Shares, a
combination or consolidation of the outstanding Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise) into a lesser number of Shares, a spinoff or a similar occurrence,
the Committee shall make appropriate adjustments in one or more of (i) the
number of Options available for future grants under Section 5, (ii) the number
of Shares covered by each outstanding Option or (iii) the Exercise Price under
each outstanding Option.
(b) REORGANIZATIONS. In the event that the Company is a party to a
merger or other reorganization, outstanding Options shall be subject to the
agreement of merger or reorganization. Such agreement may provide, without
limitation, for the assumption of outstanding Options by the surviving
corporation or its parent, for their continuation by the Company (if the Company
is a surviving corporation) or for settlement in cash.
(c) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS. Except as provided in this Section 8, an
Optionee shall have no rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of
shares of stock of any class, the payment of any stock dividend or any other
increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class. Any issue by
the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into
shares of stock of any class, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason
thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or Exercise Price of Shares
subject to an Option. The grant of an Option pursuant to the Plan shall not
affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments,
reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business
structure, to merge or consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer
all or any part of its business or assets.
SECTION 9. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
Shares shall not be issued under the Plan unless the issuance and delivery
of such Shares complies with (or is exempt from) all applicable requirements of
law, including (without limitation) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, state securities laws and
regulations, and the regulations of any stock exchange on which the Company's
securities may then be listed.
SECTION 10. NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.
No provision of the Plan, nor any Option granted under the Plan, shall be
construed as giving any person the right to become or to be treated as an
Employee or to remain an Employee. The Company and its Subsidiaries reserve the
right to terminate any person's Service at any time and for any reason.
SECTION 11. DURATION AND AMENDMENTS.
(a) TERM OF THE PLAN. The Plan, as set forth herein, shall become
effective on February 1, 1998, subject to approval of the Company's
shareholders. In the event that the Company's shareholders fail to approve the
Plan before February 1, 1999, any Option grants from the increased number of
available Shares made prior to such date shall be null and void, and no such
additional Option grants shall be made after such date. The Plan shall terminate
automatically on January 25, 2004, and may be terminated on any earlier date
pursuant to Subsection (b) below.
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(b) RIGHT TO AMEND OR TERMINATE THE PLAN. The Board may amend, suspend
or terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason. Shareholder approval shall
not be required for any amendment of the Plan, except as may be required by
applicable law or regulation.
(c) EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION. No Shares shall be issued or
sold under the Plan after the termination thereof, except upon exercise of an
Option granted prior to such termination. The termination of the Plan, or any
amendment thereof, shall not affect any Option previously granted under the
Plan.
SECTION 12. WITHHOLDING TAXES.
To the extent required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign
law, the recipient of any payment or distribution under the Plan shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of any withholding
tax obligations that arise by reason of such payment or distribution. The
Company shall not be required to make such payment or distribution until such
obligations are satisfied.
SECTION 13. EXECUTION.
To record the adoption of the Plan by the Board on January 21, 1998, as
amended and restated effective February 1, 1998, the Company has caused its
authorized officer to execute the same.
THE McCLATCHY COMPANY
By /s/ Karole Morgan-Prager
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Karole Morgan-Prager
Corporate Secretary
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EXHIBIT 5.1
PILLSBURY MADISON & SUTRO LLP
2550 HANOVER STREET
PALO ALTO, CA 94305
Tel: (650) 233-4500
Fax: (650) 233-4545
July 23, 1998
The McClatchy Company
2100 "Q" Street
Sacramento, CA 95852
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Gentlemen:
With reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by
The McClatchy Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, relating to 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Class A
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 1994 Stock
Option Plan (the "Plan"), it is our opinion that such shares of the Common Stock
of the Company, when issued and sold in accordance with the Plan, will be
legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as
Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ PILLSBURY MADISON & SUTRO LLP
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
The McClatchy Company on Form S-8 of our report dated February 20, 1998,
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The McClatchy Company (formerly
McClatchy Newspapers, Inc.) for the year ended December 31, 1997.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
July 22, 1998
Sacramento, California
