U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Jelenic Robert M.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
State Street Square
50 West State Street
(Street)
Trenton, NJ 08608
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
05/07/97
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Journal Register Company/JRC
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
/X/ Director
/ / 10% Owner
/X/ Officer (give title below)
/ / Other (specify below)
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
/X/ Form filed by one reporting person
/ / Form filed by more than one reporting person<PAGE>
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
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Common Stock, * D
$.01 par value
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 5(b)(v).<PAGE>
FORM 3 (Continued)
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Table II--Derivative Security Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Indirect
Expiration Derivative Security Exercise Form of Beneficial
Date (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- Ownership
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative (Instr. 5)
Year) vative Security:
Security Direct
Date Expira- Title Amount (D) or
Exer- tion or Indirect
cisable Date Number (I)
of (Instr. 5)
Shares
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
* 406,102 shares of common stock awarded pursuant to the Company's
Management Bonus Plan.
/s/ Robert M. Jelenic May 7, 1997
** Signature of Reporting Date
Person
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C.
78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually
signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6
for procedure.
