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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0306 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 1/16/20 |
| Not Subject to Section 16: 0 |
| Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 1593195 |
| Issuer Name: Tribune Publishing Co |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: TPCO |
| Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1699062 |
| | Owner Name: KNIGHT TIMOTHY P |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: C/O TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY |
| | Owner Street 2: 160 N. STETSON |
| | Owner City: CHICAGO |
| | Owner State: IL |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 60601 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? No |
| | Is Officer? Yes |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| | Officer Title: CEO & President |
| | Other Text: |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 1/16/20 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 125,000 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0 |
| Footnote ID: F1 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 211,395 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 1/16/20 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: F |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 34,709 |
| Footnote ID: F2 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 12.945 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 176,686 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Derivative Table: |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Restricted Stock Units |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 1/16/20 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 125,000 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F3 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F3 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Common Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 125,000.0 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 0 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis. |
| Footnote - F2: Represents shares withheld for payment of taxes on vesting of restricted stock units, not an open market transaction. |
| Footnote - F3: The award vests on January 16, 2020, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service and subject to acceleration upon certain events. |
| Remarks: |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: /s/ Julie K. Xanders, Attorney-in-fact |
| Signature Date: 1/17/20 |
