UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

 

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

 

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GANNETT CO., INC.

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MNG ENTERPRISES, INC. MNG INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LLC STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES LLC ALDEN GLOBAL CAPITAL LLC TIMOTHY BARTON HEATH FREEMAN R. JOSEPH FUCHS GUY GILMORE DANA NEEDLEMAN STEVEN ROSSI

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MNG Enterprises, Inc., together with the other participants in the solicitation (collectively, “MNG”), have filed a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying BLUE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit proxies for the election of their slate of director nominees at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders of Gannett Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

On March 21, 2019, the following materials were posted by MNG to www.savegannett.com:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Information

 

MNG Enterprises, Inc., together with the other participants in the solicitation (collectively, “MNG”), have filed a preliminary proxy statement and an accompanying BLUE proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of their slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders of Gannett Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Information concerning the identity of the participants in the solicitation and a description of their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is available at http://savegannett.com/disclaimer. MNG STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS, INCLUDING A PROXY CARD, AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS’ PROXY SOLICITOR, Okapi Partners LLC, at its toll-free number (888) 785-6668 or via email at info@okapipartners.com.