U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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 box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Hollinger Inc.
(See Schedule I for additional reporting persons)
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Hollinger International Inc.
401 North Wabash, Suite 740
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(Street)
Chicago IL 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 1999
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person 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)
[ ] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[x] 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 (2) X 1,242,614 D (3) (4) (5) (5)
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
(Form 4-07/99)
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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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Code V (A) (D)
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HI Series II
Call Options (3) (2) X (D) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (10) (10)
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Explanation of Responses: See attached Schedule I for explanatory notes.
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Hollinger Inc.
By:/s/ Charles G. Cowan November 10, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Charles G. Cowan
Vice-President and Secretary
** 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.
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.
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The Ravelston Corporation Limited
By:/s/ Charles G. Cowan November 10, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Charles G. Cowan
Vice-President and Secretary
** 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.
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.
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By:/s/ Barbara Amiel Black November 10, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** 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.
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.
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By:/s/ Conrad M. Black November 10, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** 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.
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.
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SCHEDULE 1
Notes to Form 4
Name and Address of Reporting Person:
Hollinger Inc. ("HI")
c/o Hollinger International Inc.
401 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 740
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol:
Hollinger International Inc./HLR
Statement for Month/Year
October 1999
Additional Reporting Persons:
The Ravelston Corporation Limited ("Ravelston")
c/o Hollinger International Inc.
401 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 740
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Relationship to Issuer: 10% Owner
Conrad M. Black ("CMB")
c/o Hollinger International Inc.
401 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Relationship to Issuer: Director, Officer and 10% Owner
Barbara Amiel Black ("Amiel")
c/o Hollinger International Inc.
401 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Relationship to Issuer: Director, Officer and 10% Owner
via spouse CMB
Explanations:
(1) (i) For HI: 10% Owner
(ii) For Ravelston: 10% Owner
(iii) For CMB: Director, Officer (Chairman,
President and Chief Executive
Officer) and 10% Owner
(iv) For Amiel: Director and Officer
(Vice President) and 10% owner via
spouse CMB.
(2) The disposition of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock ("Class A
Common Shares") occurred on various dates throughout the month of October
in
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connection with the retraction of Series II Preference Shares ("Series II
Shares") issued by HI, the Company's parent corporation.
(3) The consideration given for the exchange of each Series II Share was 0.46
of a Class A Common Share.
(4) (i) For HI: 25,428,817 Class A Common Shares
held directly by HI, and indirectly
via its wholly owned subsidiary
504468 N.B. Inc.
(ii) For Ravelston: 25,428,817 Class A Common Shares
indirectly via its control over
HI.
(iii) For CMB: 25,428,817 Class A Common Shares
via his control over Ravelston,
which controls HI, 600 Class A
Common Shares directly, 9,600
Class A Common Shares indirectly
via Conrad Black Capital
Corporation, 50 Class A Common
Shares indirectly via son, and
500 Class A Common Shares
indirectly via spouse. CMB
disclaims beneficial ownership
of his son's and spouse's
securities and this report shall
not be deemed an admission that
he is a beneficial owner of such
securities for purposes of
Section 16 or for any other
purpose.
(iv) For Amiel: 25,428,817 Class A Common Shares
via spouse's control over
Ravelston, 500 Class A Common
Shares directly, 9,600 Class A
Common Shares indirectly via
spouse's control over Conrad
Black Capital Corporation, 50
Class A Common Shares indirectly
via spouse's son, and 600
Class A Common Shares indirectly
via spouse. Amiel disclaims
beneficial ownership of her
spouse's and her spouse's son's
securities and this report shall
not be deemed an admission that
he is a beneficial owner of such
securities for purposes of
Section 16 or for any other
purpose.
(5) (i) For HI: Directly.
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(ii) For Ravelston: Indirectly, via its control of
HI.
(iii) For CMB: Directly and indirectly,
via his control of Ravelston,
which controls HI.
(iv) For Amiel: Directly and indirectly
via her spouse, CMB, and his
control of Ravelston, which
controls HI.
(6) Immediately.
(7) Class A Common Stock of the Company.
(8) 1,242,614
(9) The Series II Shares were originally issued in 1997 and 1998 in exchange
for Equity Units of Hollinger Inc. and for Series I Non-Voting Preference
Shares of Hollinger Inc., respectively, at a stated value of [Cdn.]$10.00
per share.
(10) (i) For HI: 15,390,633 Series II Shares
remain outstanding, resulting in
a put equivalent position with
respect to 7,079,691 Class A
Common Shares.
(ii) For Ravelston: 66,693 Series II Shares
directly, resulting in a call
equivalent position with respect
to 30,803 Class A Common Shares.
Via its control of HI, Ravelston
indirectly beneficially owns
HI's position in the Series II
Shares.
(iii) For CMB: 1,611,039 Series II Shares
directly, resulting in a call
equivalent position with respect
to 741,077 Class A Common
Shares. Via his control of
Ravelston (and its control of
HI), CMB indirectly beneficially
owns Ravelston's and HI's positions
in the Series II Shares.
(iv) For Amiel: Amiel disclaims beneficial
ownership of CMB's securities
and this report shall not be
deemed an admission that she is
a beneficial owner of such
securities for purposes of
Section 16 or for any other
purpose.
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