X0303 4 2009-12-31 0 0000832428 SCRIPPS E W CO /DE SSP 0001105792 HAYDEN JOHN W 312 WALNUT STREET, 28TH FLOOR CINCINNATI OH 45202 1 0 0 0 Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share 333 D Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share 0 D Phantom Stock 2009-12-31 4 J 0 2837.64 6.96 A Class A Common 2837.64 28065.32 D Option 6.63 2009-08-07 2018-08-06 Class A Common 104000 104000 D Restricted Stock Units 2009-05-05 2010-05-05 Restricted Stock Units 34285 34285 D Pursuant to the company's 1997 Deferred Compensation and Stock Plan for Directors, directors may defer fees into a phantom stock fund. Under this plan, fees are converted quarterly into phantom shares at the fair market value of the company's Class A Common Shares on the last trading day of each quarter. Upon retirement as a director or at another specified date, the balance may be paid in either shares or cash. This restricted stock unit award will vest on May 5, 2010. Upon vesting, each restricted stock unit will convert into one Class A Common share of the Company based on the closing price of the Company's shares on the vesting date. /s/ Mary Denise Kuprionis, Attorney-in-fact for John W. Hayden 2010-01-04