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Knight Ridder Inc · S-8 · On 5/24/02 · EX-24.1

Filed On 5/24/02   ·   SEC File 333-89016   ·   Accession Number 891618-2-2579

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 5/24/02  Knight Ridder Inc                 S-8         5/24/02    4:20                                     Bowne of Palo Alto/FA

Registration of Securities to be Offered to Employees Pursuant to an Employee Benefit Plan   ·   Form S-8
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-8         Registration of Securities to be Offered to            6     31K 
                          Employees Pursuant to an Employee                      
                          Benefit Plan                                           
 2: EX-5.1      Opinion re: Legality                                   2     12K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                          1      5K 
 4: EX-24.1     Power of Attorney                                     11     43K 


EX-24.1   ·   Power of Attorney

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EXHIBIT 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, a director and officer of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 16th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ P. Anthony Ridder Chairman of the Board and ----------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer P. Anthony Ridder
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, an officer of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gordon Yamate and Margaret Randazzo, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as an officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his name (whether on behalf of the Company, as an officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto said attorney and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his name hereto as of this 16th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ Gary R. Effren Chief Financial ----------------------------------- Officer and Senior Vice President/Finance Gary R. Effren
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, an officer of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as an officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his name (whether on behalf of the Company, as an officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his name hereto as of this 16th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ Margaret Randazzo Vice President/ ----------------------------------- Controller Margaret Randazzo
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, a director of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 16th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ James I. Cash, Jr. Director ----------------------------------- James I. Cash, Jr.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, a director of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 21st day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ Kathleen Foley Feldstein Director ----------------------------------- Kathleen Foley Feldstein
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, a director of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 16th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ Thomas P. Gerrity Director ----------------------------------- Thomas P. Gerrity
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, a director of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 17th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ Patricia Mitchell Director ----------------------------------- Patricia Mitchell
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, a director of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 16th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ M. Kenneth Oshman Director ----------------------------------- M. Kenneth Oshman
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, a director of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 16th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ Randall L. Tobias Director ----------------------------------- Randall L. Tobias
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, a director of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 17th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ Gonzalo F. Valdes-Fauli Director ----------------------------------- Gonzalo F. Valdes-Fauli
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POWER OF ATTORNEY KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. REGISTRATION STATEMENT EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: The undersigned, a director of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Effren and Gordon Yamate, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead in such capacity or capacities (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise), any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company's Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name (whether on behalf of the Company, as a director and/or officer of the Company or otherwise) to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 16th day of May, 2002. [Download Table] /s/ John L. Weinberg Director ----------------------------------- John L. Weinberg

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