X0305 4 2012-04-25 0 0000071691 NEW YORK TIMES CO NYT.A 0001490976 Greenspon Carolyn D THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY 620 8TH AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10018 1 0 0 0 Class A Common Stock 2012-01-20 4 G 0 3386 0 A 45722 I By trust Class A Common Stock 2012-02-01 4 G 0 6838 0 A 52560 I By trust Phantom Stock Unit 2012-04-25 4 A 0 9111.2022 A Class A Common Stock 9111.2022 15929.9336 D In addition, the reporting person owns 1,400,000 shares of Class A Common Stock indirectly by a trust and 5,510 shares of Class A Common Stock directly (previous filings of the reporting person inadvertently reported a direct holding of 4,375 shares of common stock). Phantom stock units credited to the reporting person's account in respect of a discretionary grant, with a value of $60,000. 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 25, 2012, 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. /s/Theodore R. Wagner as Attorney-in-fact for Carolyn D. Greenspon 2012-04-26