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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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The McClatchy Company

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 15, 2014.

 

 

 

THE MCCLATCHY COMPANY

 

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THE MCCLATCHY COMPANY

P.O. BOX 15779

SACRAMENTO, CA 95852

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting Information

 

Meeting Type:        Annual Meeting

 

For holders as of:   March 19, 2014

 

Date:  May 15, 2014   Time:  9:00 AM Local Time

 

Location:   Vizcaya Pavilion

        2019 21st Street

        Sacramento, CA 95818

 

 

 

 

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.

 

This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. You may view the proxy materials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request a paper copy (see reverse side).

 

We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.

 

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  Voting Items    
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends that you

vote FOR the following:

   
 

 

1.

 

 

Election of Directors

       
   

Nominees:

       
   

 

01)    Leroy Barnes, Jr.

   

 

05)    Kevin S. McClatchy

   
   

02)    Molly Maloney Evangelisti

   

06)    William B. McClatchy

   
   

03)    Craig I. Forman

   

07)    Frederick R. Ruiz

   
   

04)    Brown McClatchy Maloney

   

08)    Patrick J. Talamantes

   
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

   
 

2.

  To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as McClatchy’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year.  
 

3.

  To approve, in a non-binding vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.  
  NOTE: Whether or not you provide voting directions, your proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in discretion of the proxy holders upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof.  

 

 

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  Voting Items      
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends that you

vote FOR the following:

    
 

 

1.    

 

 

Election of Directors

    
   

 

Nominees:

 

01)     Elizabeth Ballantine

02)     Kathleen Feldstein

03)     Clyde Ostler

 

    
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

    
 

2.    

  To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as McClatchy’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year.  
 

 

3.

 

 

To approve, in a non-binding vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 
 

 

NOTE: Whether or not you provide voting directions, your proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in discretion of the proxy holders upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof.

 

 

 

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