---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000071691-26-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NYT"
cik: "0000071691"
company_name: "NEW YORK TIMES CO"
filed_at: "2026-01-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:24:38.539183+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NYT adopts executive severance plan; amends CEO contract with enhanced change-in-control benefits

## Summary
- Executive Severance Plan grants 52 weeks base pay for Exec Committee members; 26-52 weeks for other Section 16 officers.
- CEO Meredith Kopit Levien excluded from plan; receives amendment extending non-solicitation to 18 months and updating non-compete.
- On Change in Control, Exec Committee members get 1.5x cash severance; CEO gets 2x base salary plus 2x target bonus.
- Plan effective Jan 15, 2026; replaces prior severance agreements for participants; includes restrictive covenant requirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000071691-26-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NYT
- cik: 0000071691
- company_name: NEW YORK TIMES CO
- filed_at: 2026-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71691/000007169126000003/0000071691-26-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71691/000007169126000003/nyt-20260115.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071691-26-000003.txt

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