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FORM 4
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[ ] Check this box if no longer WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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4 or Form 5 obligations may STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB Number 3235-0287
continue. See Instruction 1(b). Expires: December 31, 2001
Estimated average burden
hours per response....0.5
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
(Print or Type Resources)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
| | to Issuer
Holt Jon H | Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ) | Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement for | X Officer (give title below)
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| Reporting Person, | |
| (Voluntary) | |
| | | Other (specify below)
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| | December 1999 | Treasurer
900 North Tucker Boulevard | | | ---------------------
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | X
| | (Month/Year) | -- 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. Security 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-
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| | | | | (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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Common Stock, $.01 par value | | | | | | | 77.676 | D |
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of |6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price
Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of
(Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities Ac- | Expiration | Securities | Deriv-
| Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative
| Deriv- | Day/ | | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur-
| ative | Year) | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity
| Security | | | and 5) | | | (Instr. 5)
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| | | | |Date |Expira- | | Amount or |
| | |-------------------------------|Exer- |tion | Title | Number of |
| | | Code |V | (A) |(D) |cisable|Date | | Shares |
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| | | | | | | 12/17 | 12/17 |Common | |
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Stock Option | | | | | | | | |$.01 par| |
(right to buy) (01) | $39.6875 |12/17/1999| A | | 1667 | | 2000 | 2009 |value | 1667 | $39.6875
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| | | | | | | 12/17 | 12/17 |Common | |
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Stock Option | | | | | | | | |$.01 par| |
(right to buy) (01) | $39.6875 |12/17/1999| A | | 1666 | | 2001 | 2009 |value | 1666 | $39.6875
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| | | | | | | 12/17 | 12/17 |Common | |
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Stock Option | | | | | | | | |$.01 par| |
(right to buy) (01) | $39.6875 |12/17/1999| A | | 1667 | | 2002 | 2009 |value | 1667 | $39.6875
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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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5,000 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
Table II Item 1:
(01) Employee stock option granted under the Pulitzer Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan in transaction exempt under the Rule 16b-3. The
option becomes exercisable in 33 1/3 percent increments on December 17, 2000, December 17, 2001 and December 17, 2002,
respectively.
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