Article: Knight Ridder executives to receive nearly $57 million, filing shows.

Byline: Pete Carey

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ When Knight Ridder is sold to McClatchy this summer, its corporate executives will leave the San Jose-based newspaper company with nearly $57 million in incentive payments, according to a government filing made Wednesday.

About $27 million will be paid to the top five Knight Ridder executives with the balance going to "other executive officers."

The payments were disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by McClatchy, which is buying Knight Ridder for $4.5 billion and assuming $2 billion in Knight Ridder debt.

A Knight Ridder shareholders' meeting is scheduled for June 26 to vote on ...

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