---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-042932"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDAY"
cik: "0001579684"
company_name: "USA TODAY Co., Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T22:35:40.459502+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gannett director Vinayak Hegde will not stand for re-election at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Vinayak Hegde informed Gannett he will not stand for re-election as director at 2022 annual meeting due to time demands.
- Hegde said his departure is not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Hegde's term will end at the 2022 annual meeting; no replacement named yet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-042932
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDAY
- cik: 0001579684
- company_name: USA TODAY Co., Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036121042932/0001140361-21-042932-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036121042932/brhc10032187_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-042932
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-042932.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-042932.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vinayak R. Hegde departed as Director at USA TODAY Co., Inc..
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 20, 2021, Vinayak R. Hegde informed Gannett Co., Inc. (the “Company”) that due to demands on his time, he will not stand for re-election as a director at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036121042932/0001140361-21-042932-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.