Contractual Obligations Revolving Credit Facility THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY – P. 45 We have a contract with a major paper supplier to purchase newsprint. The contract requires us to purchase  annually the lesser of a fixed number of tons or a percentage of our total newsprint requirement at market rate in an  arm’s length transaction. Since the quantities of newsprint purchased annually under this contract are based on our  total newsprint requirement, the amount of the related payments for these purchases is excluded from the table  above. Our tax liability for uncertain tax positions was approximately $20 million, including approximately $4 million  of accrued interest and penalties as of December 28, 2014. Until formal resolutions are reached between us and the tax  authorities, the timing and amount of a possible audit settlement for uncertain tax benefits is not practicable.  Therefore, we do not include this obligation in the table of contractual obligations. See Note 12 of the Notes to the  Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on “Income Taxes.” The DEC plan enables certain eligible executives to elect to defer a portion of their compensation on a pre-tax  basis. While the initial deferral period is for a minimum of two years up to a maximum of 15 years (after which time  taxable distributions must begin), the executive has the option to extend the deferral period. Therefore, the future  payments under the DEC plan are not determinable. See Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial  Statements for additional information on “Other Liabilities — Other.” “Other Liabilities — Other” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets include liabilities related to (1) deferred  compensation, primarily consisting of our deferred executive compensation plan (the “DEC plan”), (2) our liability for  uncertain tax positions and (3) various other liabilities. These liabilities are not included in the table above primarily  because the future payments are not determinable. (3)  Includes estimated benefit payments under our Company-sponsored pension and other postretirement benefit plans. Payments for these  plans have been estimated over a 10-year period; therefore, the amounts included in the GLYPH<147>Later YearsGLYPH<148> column only include payments for the  period of 2020-2024.While benefit payments under these plans are expected to continue beyond 2024, we believe that an estimate beyond  this period is impracticable. Payments under our Company-sponsored qualified pension plans will be made out of existing assets of the  pension plans and not with Company cash. Benefit plans in the table above also include estimated payments for multiemployer pension plan  withdrawal liabilities. See Notes 9 and 10 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information related to our  pension and other postretirement benefits plans. (2)  See Note 18 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information related to our capital and operating leases. (1)  Includes estimated interest payments on long-term debt. See Note 6 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional  information related to our long-term debt.  The information provided is based on management’s best estimate and assumptions of our contractual  obligations as of December 28, 2014. Actual payments in future periods may vary from those reflected in the  table. In November 2012, we terminated our $125.0 million asset-backed five-year revolving credit facility and  recorded a pre-tax charge of $1.4 million in connection with the early termination, which is included in “Interest  expense, net” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.  GLYPH<160> Payment due in (In thousands) Total 2015 2016-2017 2018-2019 Later Years Long-term debt (1) $ 806,034 $ 268,176 $ 255,661 $ 282,197 $ GLYPH<151> Capital leases (2) 9,453 552 1,104 7,797 GLYPH<151> Operating leases (2) 45,608 12,031 16,516 7,116 9,945 Benefit plans (3) 1,566,476 245,335 293,533 290,210 737,398 Total $ 2,427,571 $ 526,094 $ 566,814 $ 587,320 $ 747,343