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Gannett elects Board members, declares dividend
Wednesday 29. April 2009 - Shareholders of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) today re-elected Chairman, President and CEO Craig A. Dubow, Howard D. Elias, Marjorie Magner, Scott K. McCune, Duncan M. McFarland, Donna E. Shalala, Neal Shapiro and Karen Hastie Williams to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting held at the companys headquarters. Each received more than 95% of the votes cast.
The directors were elected to serve one-year terms ending at Gannetts annual meeting in 2010. Gannetts shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young as the companys independent accounting firm for the 2009 fiscal year.
The Board of Directors also declared a regular quarterly dividend of 4 cents per share, payable on July 1, 2009, to shareholders of record on June 5, 2009.