KNIGHT RIDDER INC·5

Feb 8, 1:01 PM ET

KNIGHT RIDDER INC 5

5 · KNIGHT RIDDER INC · Filed Feb 8, 2005

Insider Transaction Report

Form 5
Period: 2004-12-26
ANSTANDIG MARSHALL
VP/Sr. Labor & Emp. Counsel
Transactions
  • Discretionary Transaction

    Deferred Compensation Stock Units

    2004-04-06$77.66/sh169.505$13,163749.598 total
    Common Stock (169.505 underlying)
Holdings
  • Common Stock/401k

    274.581
  • Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

    Exercise: $49.63From: 1999-12-11Exp: 2008-12-11Common Stock (15,000 underlying)
    15,000
  • Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

    Exercise: $52.38From: 1999-08-03Exp: 2008-08-03Common Stock (20,000 underlying)
    20,000
  • Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

    Exercise: $57.97From: 2000-12-15Exp: 2009-12-15Common Stock (25,000 underlying)
    25,000
  • Common Stock

    8,482
  • Deferred Compensation Stock Units

    Exercise: $0.00Common Stock (4.663 underlying)
    4.663
  • Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

    Exercise: $54.81From: 2001-12-19Exp: 2010-12-19Common Stock (30,000 underlying)
    30,000
  • Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

    Exercise: $67.31From: 2005-12-13Exp: 2014-12-13Common Stock (27,000 underlying)
    27,000
Footnotes (5)
  • [F1]Represents restricted shares of common stock granted pursuant to the Issuer's Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The number of shares granted to the reporting person is based on the average closing price of the Issuer's comon stock in the last completed calendar month preceding the grant. Under the terms of the Plan, the shares vested when the Issuer's total shareholder return ("TSR") was positive and at least equal to the median TSR of the other companies of the S&P Newspaper Index at the end of the performance period. The performance period ended 12/31/02.
  • [F2]Units were acquired under the issuer's MBO Deferral Plan, subject to reporting person's rights under the Plan to transfer the units to another deferred compensation investment fund, or to defer the settlement date to a later date.
  • [F3]Units were acquired under the issuer's MBO Deferral Plan, subject to reporting person's rights under the Plan to transfer the units to another deferred compensation plan.
  • [F4]Options previously granted under the Knight-Ridder, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan.
  • [F5]The Option is exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant.

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