X0202 4 2007-04-24 0 0000071691 NEW YORK TIMES CO NYT 0001023201 CESAN RAUL E THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY 229 WEST 43RD STREET NEW YORK NY 10036 1 0 0 0 Options (Directors 2007) 23.9350 2007-04-24 4 A 0 4000 A 2017-04-24 Class A Common Stock 4000 4000 D Phantom Stock Unit 2007-04-24 4 A 0 5806.4786 A Class A Common Stock 5806.4786 19187.3611 D Right to buy Class A Common Stock under The New York Times Company 2004 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Incentive Plan. Options become exercisable on the date of the first Annual Meeting of Stockholders subsequent to the grant date. The grant date for Option 2007 was April 24, 2007. Phantom stock units credited to the reporting person's account in respect of a discretionary grant, with a value of $35,000, Board and Committee compensation deferred in the form of phantom stock units, and dividend equivalent payments and accumulated interest on previously granted phantom stock units. Each phantom stock unit was credited to the reporting person's account under The New York Times Company Non-Employee Directors Deferral Plan, on April 24, 2007, based on the average closing price of a share of Class A Common Stock for the 30 trading days prior to the date of credit. Distribution in cash is generally made following retirement. This transaction involved a derivative security that does not have an exercise date or an expiration date. Rhonda L. Brauer, Attorney-in-Fact for Raul E. Cesan 2007-04-26