DEFR14A -
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Published on: 2/28/2006
Last Visited: 3/1/2006
Thompson L. Rankin
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Also includes deferred Class A Stock units credited, as of December 31, 2005, to non-employee Directors' accounts pursuant to the Media General, Inc., Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan, as follows: Mr. Davis,17,340 units; Mr. Williams,7,537 units; Mrs. Cantor,544; Mr. Rankin,9,706 units; Mr. Wortham,2,578.
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THOMPSON L. RANKIN retired in 1997 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lykes Bros. Inc., having served in that position for more than five years.He also is the former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lykes Energy, Inc., and served in that position for more than five years.He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Company from 1985 to 1994.Mr. Rankin also serves as a director of TECO Energy, Inc.
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Rankin and Williams, each of whom is independent under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange.
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Specifically, the Board has determined that Diana F. Cantor, Charles A. Davis, former Director C. Boyden Gray, Thompson L. Rankin, Walter E. Williams, Coleman Wortham III and Mr. Smolla are independent.
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The Board of Directors has determined that two members of the Audit Committee, Thompson L. Rankin and Walter E. Williams, each of whom is also independent under the rules of the SEC and the NYSE, are "audit committee financial experts" in accordance with applicable SEC rules.
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Mr. Rankin has served as a Director of the Company from 1985-1994 and since 2001 and has been a member of the Audit Committee for each of those years.He also has been the chief operating officer, president and chief executive officer of Lykes Bros., Inc., and chairman and chief executive officer of Lykes Energy, Inc., and in such capacities has actively supervised those companies' principal financial officers, principal accounting officers, controllers, internal auditors and the services of its independent public accountants.He additionally serves as a director of TECO Energy, Inc., where he is a member of that company's audit committee and its finance committee.
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Thompson L. Rankin