REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT Dated as of November 4, 2010 by and among THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY and BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.Registration Rights Agreement • November 4th, 2010 • New York Times Co • Newspapers: publishing or publishing & printing • New York
Contract Type FiledNovember 4th, 2010 Company Industry JurisdictionThis Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated November 1, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Initial Purchaser. In order to induce the Initial Purchaser to purchase the Initial Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchaser set forth in Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture, dated as of November 4, 2010, among the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes (the “Indenture”).