SEC FORM
3
SEC Form 3
| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| 312 WALNUT ST., 28TH FLOOR |
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(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
05/10/2007
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SCRIPPS E W CO /DE
[ SSP ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share |
0 |
D |
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| Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share |
0 |
D |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Option |
05/10/2008 |
05/09/2017 |
Class A Common |
10,000 |
42.05 |
D |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
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/s/Mary Denise Kuprionis, Attorney-in-fact for David M. Moffett |
05/11/2007 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
5
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
BE IT KNOWN, that David M. Moffett, a Director of The E. W. Scripps Company
(effective May 10, 2007), does hereby make and appoint Mary Denise Kuprionis,
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Director of Legal Affairs of The E. W.
Scripps Company, as his true and lawful attorney for him and in his name, place
and stead, giving and granting to said attorney the power and authority to sign
and file reports required under Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934 with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming such act(s) that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of May, 2007.
/s/David M. Moffett
David M. Moffett
Signed and delivered in the presence of:
/s/Mary Ann Kramer
Witness, Mary Ann Kramer
