UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)*
THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
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(Name of Issuer)
Class A Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
650111107
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(CUSIP Number)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement [ ].
(A fee is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a
previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more
than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1;
and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting
beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See
Rule 13d-7.)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a
prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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13G
CUSIP NO. 650111107 Page 2 of 5 Pages
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Robert A. Lawrence ###-##-####
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(a) [___]
2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (b) [_x_]
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3. SEC USE ONLY
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4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
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5. SOLE VOTING POWER
18,998
NUMBER OF ____________________________________________________
SHARES 6. SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICALLY 6,608,787
OWNED BY ____________________________________________________
EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 18,998
PERSON ____________________________________________________
WITH 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
4,426,512
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9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON
6,627,785
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10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
[__]
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11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
6.8%
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12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
IN
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
The New York Times Company
2(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing:
Robert A. Lawrence
2(b) Address of Principal Business Office, or if none,
Residence:
50 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02109
2(c) Citizenship:
United States of America
2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
Class A Common Stock, $.10 par value
2(e) CUSIP Number:
650111107
Item 3 If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b)
or 13d-2(b):
Not applicable
Item 4(a) Amount beneficially owned:
6,627,785 shares^F1
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^F1 At December 31, 1995, Mr. Lawrence was one of the three
trustees (the "Jordan Trustees") under the will (the "Jordan Will")
of the late Eben D. Jordan, who died in 1895. The other trustees
were William O. Taylor and Roland D. Grimm. At January 1, 1995, the
Jordan Trust held 6,608,787 shares of Class A Common Stock of the
issuer. All of these shares were held in the Jordan Voting Trust,
pursuant to which the Jordan Trustees shared the power to vote and
dispose of the shares. A corresponding number of Jordan Voting
Trust certificates were issued and also held in trust by the Jordan
Trustees.
During 1995, 2,182,275 Jordan Voting Trust certificates formerly
held in trust by the Jordan Trustees, corresponding to 2,182,275
shares of Class A Common Stock of the issuer, were transferred to
the 1995 Symonds-Clay Trust. There were four sub-trusts under the
1995 Symonds-Clay Trust (of which Mr. Lawrence was not a trustee),
which combined assets formerly held in other sub-trusts under the
Jordan Will (the "Symonds-Clay Sub-trusts"). In the first Symonds-
Clay Sub-trust there were 1,009,506 shares of Class A Common Stock.
The income beneficiary of the first Symonds-Clay Sub-trust was
Jeremy Clay. In the second Symonds-Clay Sub-trust there were
1,009,507 shares of Class A Common Stock. The income beneficiaries
of the second Symonds-Clay Sub-trust (formerly Bridget Symonds) were
Peter and Lucilla Clay Stephenson. In each of the third and fourth
Symonds-Clay Sub-trusts there were 81,631 shares of Class A Common
Stock. The income
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4(b) Percent of Class: 6.8%
4(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
18,998 shares
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
6,608,787 shares^F2
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of:
18,998 shares
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of:
4,426,512 shares^F2
Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or less of a Class:
Not Applicable
Item 6 Ownership of more than Five Percent on behalf of another
person:
See response to Item 4(c) and notes thereto.
Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which
acquired the security being reported on by the parent
holding company:
Not Applicable
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beneficiaries of the third and fourth Symonds-Clay Sub-trusts were
Peter Clay and Lucilla Clay Stephenson, respectively.
As of December 31, 1995, there remained two sub-trusts under the
Jordan Will (the "Jordan Sub-trusts") for the benefit of the issue
of the testator, both of which terminated on January 16, 1996. One
Jordan Sub-trust (the "Kidder Sub-trust") held 2,213,256 shares of
Class A Common Stock. The income beneficiaries (formerly Dorothy R.
Kidder) were certain lineal descendants of Dorothy R. Kidder. The
second Jordan Sub-trust (the "Talbot-Baker Sub-trust") held
2,213,256 shares of Class A Common Stock. There were seven income
beneficiaries of this sub-trust, no one of whom was entitled to more
than 1/6th of the income of the trust.
At December 31, 1995, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Grimm and Mr. Taylor were
the voting trustees under the Jordan Voting Trust and shared all
voting rights with respect to the shares held in the Voting Trust
(i.e., all shares under the 1995 Symonds-Clay Trust and under both
Jordan Sub-trusts). The Jordan Voting Trust will terminate on
January 16, 1996. Dispositive power with respect to the shares in
the Jordan Sub-trusts, but not the Symonds-Clay Sub-trusts, was
shared by the same three persons as trustees under the Jordan Will.
^F2 Reflects total holdings of Jordan Sub-trusts.
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Item 8 Identification and Classification of members of the group:
Not Applicable
Item 9 Notice of dissolution of group:
Not Applicable
Item 10 Certification:
Not Applicable
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
January 26, 1996
/s/ Robert A. Lawrence
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Robert A. Lawrence
