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Table of Contents ( Mark One ) ☑ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , DC 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number 001-36097 GANNETT CO . , INC . Delaware ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) ( State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization ) 7950 Jones Branch Drive , McLean , ( Address of principal executive offices ) Title of Each Class Virginia Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 703 ) 854-6000 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Common Stock , par value $ 0.01 per share Preferred Stock Purchase Rights Trading Symbol GCI N / A 38-3910250 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 22107-0910 ( Zip Code ) Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered The New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes ☑ No ☐ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes ☐ No ☑ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes ☑No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act : Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer ☑ Non - accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . ☑ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes ☐ No ☑ The aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by non - affiliates of the registrant based on the closing sales price of the registrant's Common Stock as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on June 30 , 2020 was approximately $ 187,837,799 . The registrant has no non - voting common equity . As of February 19 , 2021 , 139,033,905 shares of the registrant's Common Stock were outstanding . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE The definitive proxy statement relating to the registrant's Annual Meeting of Stockholders for 2021 is incorporated by reference in Part III to the extent described therein .