Gannett Repurchases Huge Debt

Gannett said $98,430,000, or about 13.5 percent of the outstanding securities, Floating Rate Notes Due 2009, were tendered in the offer. Gannett said prior to the tender offer it repurchased $19,365,000 in principal of the securities in a privately negotiated transaction.

The nation’s largest newspaper publisher had offered to buy any and all of the securities in the $750 million issue at $950 for $1,000 face value.