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Vote Results on Matters Before the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

The annual meeting of stockholders of The New York Times Company was held on May 1, 2013.  At the annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on three proposals and cast their votes as follows:

Proposal Number 1 — Election of directors

The stockholders (with Class A and Class B common 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

Broker
Non-Vote

(Vote results of Class A common stockholders)
Robert E. Denham
111,450,869
11,737,097
9,867,780
Joichi Ito
120,988,617
2,199,349
9,867,780
James A. Kohlberg
118,831,386
4,356,580
9,867,780
Brian P. McAndrews
120,920,763
2,267,203
9,867,780
Doreen A. Toben
119,790,071
3,397,895
9,867,780
(Vote results of Class B common stockholders)
Raul E. Cesan
777,174
5,355
11,923
Michael Golden
770,664
11,865
11,923
Steven B. Green
770,664
11,865
11,923
Carolyn D. Greenspon
770,664
11,865
11,923
David E. Liddle
777,174
5,355
11,923
Ellen R. Marram
777,174
5,355
11,923
Thomas Middelhoff
770,664
11,865
11,923
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.
770,664
11,865
11,923
Mark Thompson
770,664
11,865
11,923

Proposal Number 2 — Advisory vote to approve executive compensation

The Class B common stockholders approved the advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.  The results of the vote taken were as follows:

For
767,066
Against
13,385
Abstain
2,078
Broker Non-Vote
11,923

Proposal 3 — Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors

The stockholders (with Class A and Class B common stockholders voting together) ratified the selection, by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, of Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as auditors of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 29, 2013.  The results of the vote taken were as follows:

For
132,180,494
Against
1,580,929
Abstain
88,775
Broker Non-Vote
Not applicable

Contact Corporate Governance

Kenneth A. Richieri
Senior Vice President &
General Counsel
(212) 556-1995

Diane M. Brayton
Secretary &
Assistant General Counsel
(212) 556-5995

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