2005 Annual Report
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JEFFREY CHANDLER
ROBERT S. MORRISON
DUDLEY S. TAFT
President and Chief Executive Officer of
Chandler Ranch Co., an avocado producer
President and Director of Taft Broadcasting
Company, an investor in media and
entertainment companies
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Tribune Company
Interim Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of 3M Company, a diversified
technology company, from June 2005 to
December 2005; Retired Vice Chairman of
PepsiCo, Inc. and Chairman of PepsiCo
Beverages and Foods North America
ROGER GOODAN
WILLIAM A. OSBORN
Consultant to various global energy
service firms
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Northern Trust Corporation, and its
principal subsidiary, The Northern Trust
Company
DENNIS J. FITZSIMONS
ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ, JR.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc.,
an international security services firm
J. CHRISTOPHER REYES
KATHRYN C. TURNER
Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer
of Standard Technology, Inc.,
a healthcare, benefits and technology
consulting firm
MILES D. WHITE
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Abbott Laboratories, a medical products
and pharmaceutical company
Chairman of Reyes Holdings, LLC,
a food and beverage distribution company
BETSY D. HOLDEN
Former President-Global Marketing and
Category Development of Kraft Foods, Inc.
WILLIAM STINEHART, JR.
Retired partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher,
LLP, a law firm
CORPORATE MANAGEMENT
DENNIS J. FITZSIMONS
RUTHELLYN MUSIL
SUSAN M. MITCHELL
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Relations
Vice President, Human Resources
Operations
JOHN E. REARDON
GERALD W. AGEMA
IRENE M.F. SEWELL
President, Tribune Broadcasting
Vice President, Corporate Compliance
and Risk Management
Vice President, Compensation and Benefits
SCOTT C. SMITH
President, Tribune Publishing
PATRICK M. SHANAHAN
CHANDLER BIGELOW
Vice President, Tax
Vice President and Treasurer
DONALD C. GRENESKO
SHAUN M. SHEEHAN
Senior Vice President,
Finance and Administration
THOMAS G. CAPUTO
Vice President, Washington Affairs
CRANE H. KENNEY
DARKO DEJANOVIC
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Vice President, Employee and
Labor Relations
JAMES L. ELLIS
GARY WEITMAN
Vice President, Brand Management
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Vice President, Auditing
HOWARD G. WEINSTEIN
TIMOTHY J. LANDON
President, Tribune Interactive
MARK W. HIANIK
Senior Vice President, Development
Vice President, Assistant General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
LUIS E. LEWIN
DANIEL G. KAZAN
Senior Vice President,
Human Resources
Vice President, Development
THOMAS D. LEACH
R. MARK MALLORY
Vice President and Controller
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
CONFIDENTIAL ETHICS HOTLINE
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Tribune Company
435 North Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60611
312/222-9100
Tribune offers a confidential ethics hotline.
The toll-free number, 800/216-1772,
provides a straightforward and anonymous
method for employees, suppliers and
others to report suspected illegal or unethical
behavior or violations of the company’s
Code of Business Conduct. The line is
staffed and managed by a third-party
vendor and is available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
This report contains comments or
forward-looking statements that are based
largely on Tribune’s current expectations and
are subject to certain risks, trends and
uncertainties. Such comments and
statements should be understood in the
context of Tribune’s publicly available
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the most current
annual 10-K report and quarterly 10-Q
report, which discuss various risk factors
that may affect the company’s business or
financial results. Any of these risk factors
could cause actual future performance to
differ materially from current expectations.
Tribune Company is not responsible for
updating the information contained in
this report.
INTERNET ADDRESS
www.tribune.com
INVESTOR INFORMATION
Current and prospective Tribune investors
can receive the annual report, proxy
statement, earnings announcements and
other reports and publications at no cost by
calling 800/757-1694. The annual report,
proxy and related financial information also
are available on Tribune’s website. The
contact for securities analysts, portfolio
managers and individual investors is
Ruthellyn Musil, Senior Vice President/
Corporate Relations. Call 312/222-3787
or e-mail rmusil@tribune.com.
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Computershare Trust Company maintains
shareholder records. For assistance on
matters such as lost shares, name changes
on shares or transfers of ownership,
please contact:
Computershare Trust Company
P.O. Box 43023
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3023
800/446-2617
www.computershare.com
STOCK INFORMATION
Tribune common stock is listed on the New
York, Chicago and Pacific stock exchanges
under the ticker symbol TRB. The current
dividend rate is $.18 per share per quarter.
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chicago
DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Tribune’s DirectSERVICE Investment
Program enables both registered
shareholders and new investors to buy
and sell shares of Tribune common
stock directly through Computershare.
Please contact Computershare for
more information.
CERTIFICATIONS
Tribune Company has filed with the
New York Stock Exchange the most
recent Annual CEO Certification without
qualification. The company has also filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as exhibits to its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
Dec. 25, 2005, the required certifications
of its chief executive officer and chief
financial officer regarding the quality of
the company’s public disclosures.
ANNUAL MEETING
Tribune’s 2006 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders will be held in Chicago on
Tuesday, May 2, at Tribune Tower,
435 North Michigan Ave. The meeting
will begin at 11 a.m. CST and a live webcast
will be available at www.tribune.com.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Tribune believes in equal employment
opportunity. Tribune’s policy is to hire and
promote the most qualified applicants
and to comply with all federal, state and
local equal employment opportunity laws.
CREDITS
Design:
Smith Design Co.
Evanston, Illinois
Printing:
Merrill/Daniels
Everett, Massachusetts
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