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FORM 4
------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[ ] Check box if no longer WASHINGTON, DC 20549
subject to Section 16. Form
4 or Form 5 obligations may STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1)|2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person
| | to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Pulitzer Michael E. | Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ) | X Director X 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement for | X Officer (give title below)
| Number of | Month/Year | -----
| Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below)
| if an Entity | | -----
900 North Tucker Boulevard | (Voluntary) | 09/2000 | Chairman of the Board
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | (Check applicable line)
| | (Month/Year) | X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
St. Louis MO 63101 | | | --
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(City) (State) (Zip) | | -- Reporting Person
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TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security |2. Transaction| 3. Transaction|4. Securities Acquired (A)| 5. Amount of|6. Owner- |7. Nature
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of
| | (Instr. 8) | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Beneficially| Form: | Indirect
| | | | Owned at End| Direct | Bene-
| |---------------|--------------------------| of Month | (D) or | ficial
| | | | | (A) | | (Instr. 3 | Indirect | Owner-
| (Month/Day/ | | | | or | | and 4) | (I) | ship
| Year) | Code | V | Amount | (D) | Price | |(Instr. 4)|(Instr. 4)
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Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value | | (2) | | | | | | |
(1) | 09/22/2000 | Z | V |100,000 | D | N/A | | I | (3)
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Common Stock, $.01 par value | | (2) | | | | | | |
| 09/22/2000 | Z | V |100,000 | A | N/A | | D |
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Common Stock, $.01 par value | | (2) | | | | | | |
| 09/22/2000 | G | V |100,000 | D | N/A | | D |
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Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value | | | | | | | | |
(1) | | | | | | | 26,565 | I | (4)
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Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value | | | | | | | (5)| |
(1) | | | | | | | 2,013,276 | I | (3)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of |6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price
Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of
(Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities Ac- | Expiration | Securities | Deriv-
| Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative
| Deriv- | Day/ | | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur-
| ative | Year) | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity
| Security | | | and 5) | | | (Instr. 5)
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| | | | |Date |Expira- | | Amount or |
| | |-------------------------------|Exer- |tion | Title | Number of |
| | | Code |V | (A) |(D) |cisable|Date | | Shares |
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9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of
Derivative | Form of | Indirect
Securities | Derivative | Beneficial
Beneficially | Security: | Ownership
Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4)
of Month | or Indirect (I) |
(Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) |
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Michael E. Pulitzer 10/8/2000
See attached page. -------------------------------- ---------
Signature of Reporting Person(1) Date
(1)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.
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FORM 4 (continued) Explanation of Responses
NAME: Michael E. Pulitzer STATEMENT FOR MONTH/YEAR: 09/2000
900 North Tucker Boulevard ISSUER NAME: Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ)
St. Louis, MO 63101
Note:1
Table I. Item 1.
Class B Common Stock which is convertible at any time, on a
share-for-share basis, into Common Stock.
Note:2
Table I. Item 3.
Immediately prior to the transfer of these 100,000 shares to a
Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust, the reporting person converted
these shares of Class B Common Stock into the same number of shares of
Common Stock and withdrew those shares from the voting trust described
below.
Note:3
Table I. Item 7.
Right to acquire upon conversion of 2,013,276 shares of Class B Common
Stock held in the voting trust described below. Of these 2,013,276
shares indirectly owned by Michael E. Pulitzer, beneficial ownership
is disclaimed for 1,500 shares held in trust for the benefit of the
wife of the reporting person; 1,922,826 shares are held by a Trust for
the benefit of Mr. Pulitzer under a Trust Agreement dated as of March
22, 1982; 46,170 shares are held by a Trust for the benefit of Mr.
Pulitzer under Trust Agreement dated as of August 16, 1983; and 42,780
shares are held by The Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Foundation, Inc.,
a charitable foundation for the benefit of Mr. Pulitzer who claims
beneficial ownership of these 42,780 shares.
Note 4:
Table I. Item 7.
Held in trust for the benefit of the wife of the reporting person.
Note 5:
Table I. Item 5.
Mr. Pulitzer may be deemed a "10% Owner" by virtue of the fact that
he shares voting power with respect to 11,555,111 shares of Class B
Common Stock (which is convertible at any time, on a share-for-share
basis, into Common Stock) held by the 1999 Pulitzer Inc. Voting Trust,
of which he is a trustee.
