Box 3

Scope and Contents

Proposal for reorganization; reorganization of corporate and management structure; statement to stockholders; pertinent correspondence.

Scope and Contents

Legal; accounting

Scope and Contents From the File:

This collection includes original documents and copies of correspondence, memoranda of conferences, communications from and to legal and financial counsel, and other material bearing on the studies, negotiations and decisions which resulted in the establishment of the Tribune Company as a Delaware corporation, and the accompanying corporate reorganization.

Scope and Contents

Management review and forecast (H.F. Grumhaus, 1973-12-26)

Annual report (1974)

Notice of annual meeting of stockholders on 1975-05-08 (issued 1975-04-03). Includes restated certificate of incorporation; former certificate of incorporation; section 145 of Delaware General Incorporation Law; by-law amendments

Scope and Contents

Includes:

Reports on original research and studies looking toward corporate and management reorganization

Communications among top executives reflecting ongpoing dialog concerning reorganization

Development of new organization chart

Plan for accomplishing reorganization step by step

Summary of stock distribution

Legal counsel's memo outlining proposed reorganization step by step (1967-11-17)

Scope and Contents Includes:Proposals for selecting directors and scheduling directors' meetings after reorganizationReorganization of corporate and management structureLegal counsel's revised draft of proposed reorganization (1968-02-12)Correspondence among existing directors concerning the reorganizationComments of Price Waterhouse & Co. (accountants) on reorganizatiton planProposed slates of officers and directors for Tribune Company...

Scope and Contents Including:Letter to stockholders reporting unanimous approval at the 1968-05-23 annual meeting of the "Plan and agreement of merger" under which shares in Tribune Company (Illinois) become shares in Tribune Company (Delaware) (1968-06-01)Letter to "Beneficiaries of the McCormick-Patterson Trust" (1968-07-01)Letter to trustees of McCormick-Patterson Trust (1968-06-28)Memorandum on "Control and management of Tribune...

Scope and Contents Including:MKemoranda in connection with a study of dividend policiesRevised version of proposed policy statement for Tribune Company titled "Control and management structure of Tribune Company and its subsidiaries" (1968-09-12; 16 pages)Copy of chairman's report to Board of Directors following their meeting of 1967-11-16 (8 pages) noting the purchase of a 23-acre site on the North Branch of the Chicago River for the construction of a new...