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FORM 4
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
[_] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
THE RAVELSTON CORPORATION LIMITED
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC.
401 NORTH WABASH, STE. 740
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(Street)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL, INC. -- HLR
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
OCTOBER 1998
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [X] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF,
OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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CLASS A COMMON STOCK 10/27/98 S(1) 37,855 D $14.1875 10,708,218 I (2)
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CLASS A COMMON STOCK 18,749,186 I (3)
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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
4(b)(v).
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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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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4, and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) TRANSFER WAS A RESULT OF EXERCISE OF RETRACTION RIGHTS OF A HOLDER OF
RETRACTABLE COMMON SHARES OF HOLLINGER INC. WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE RAVELSTON
CORPORATION LIMITED.
(2) OWNED BY 504468 N.B. INC., A SUBSIDIARY OF HOLLINGER INC., WHICH IS
CONTROLLED BY THE RAVELSTON CORPORATION LIMITED.
(3) OWNED BY HOLLINGER INC., WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY THE RAVELSTON CORPORATION
LIMITED.
** 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 is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
THE RAVELSTON CORPORATION LIMITED
By: /s/ Charles G. Cowan 11-6-98
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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