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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Arnelle H. Jesse
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Gannett Co., Inc. 7950 Jones Branch Drive
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(Street)
McLean Virginia 22107
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Gannett Co., Inc. ("GCI")
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
October 29, 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ X ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[ X] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
2.A Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Follow- Direct Nature of
2. Deemed Code ------------------------------- ing Reported (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Execution (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Date, if any ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4 ) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 1,036 D
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Common Stock 10/29/02 10/30/02 P 24.459 A $76.6600 1,461.154 I (1)
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
Deriv- Form
2. ative of
Conver- 5. 7. Secur- Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount ities ative Nature
or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Bene- Secur- of
Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price ficially ity: In-
cise 3. Execut Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned Direct direct
Price Trans- ion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Following (D) or Bene-
1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Held by the trustee of the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan, The
Northern Trust Company.
/s/Thomas L. Chapple, Attorney-in-fact 10/31/02
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.
Alternatively, this Form is permitted to be submitted to the
Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person
pursuant to rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.