(a) The Company's annual meeting of stockholders was held on April 24, 2007.
(b) The following matters were voted on at the annual meeting:
1. The stockholders (with Class A and Class B stockholders voting separately) elected all of management's nominees for election as Directors. The results of the vote taken were as follows:
Directors | For | Withheld |
Vote Results of Class A Stockholders: | ||
Raul E. Cesan | 71,758,576 | 52,445,370 |
William E. Kennard | 71,769,943 | 52,434,003 |
James M. Kilts | 71,728,203 | 52,475,743 |
Doreen A. Toben | 71,740,240 | 52,463,706 |
Vote Results of Class B Stockholders: | ||
Brenda C. Barnes | 766,098 | 0 |
Daniel H. Cohen | 766,098 | 0 |
Lynn G. Dolnick | 766,098 | 0 |
Michael Golden | 766,098 | 0 |
David E. Liddle | 766,098 | 0 |
Ellen R. Marram | 766,098 | 0 |
Thomas Middelhoff | 766,098 | 0 |
Janet L. Robinson | 766,098 | 0 |
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. | 766,098 | 0 |
2. The stockholders (with Class A and Class B stockholders voting together) ratified the selection, by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, of Ernst & Young LLP, independent certified public accountants, as auditors of the Company for the year ending December 30, 2007. The results of the vote taken were as follows:
For: | 123,630,886 |
Against: | 430,753 |
Abstain: | 908,405* |
*An abstention had the same effect as a vote against this proposal.
(Posted: June 25, 2007)