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FORM 4 OMB Approval
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION -------------------------
[ ] Check this box if no longer WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB Number: 3235-0287
subject to Section 16. Form Expires: September 30, 1998
4 or Form 5 obligations may STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Estimated average burden
continue. See Instruction 1(b). 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 Responses)
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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 (Check all applicable)
COLSON DANIEL W. | HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC.-HLR | X Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) | 3. IRS or Social | 4. Statement for | X Officer (give title below)
| Security Number | Month/Year | -----
| of Reporting | | Other (specify below)
c/o HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL INC. | Person (Voluntary) | | -----
401 NORTH WABASH, SUITE 740 | | | VICE CHAIRMAN
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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
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| | | Form filed by More than One
| | MAY 1999 | Reporting Person
CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60611 | | | --
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(City) (State) (Zip) | 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-
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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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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).
(Over)
SEC 1474 (7-97)
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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 | | (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative
| Deriv- | (Month/| | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur-
| ative | Day/ | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity
| Security | Year) | | and 5) | | | (Instr. 5)
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| | | | |Date |Expira- | | Amount or |
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| | | 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:
SEE NOTE 2 ON ATTACHMENT A, ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE, WHICH HAS BEEN AMENDED AND RESTATED.
ALL OTHER INFORMATION ON MAY 1999 ORIGINAL FILING REMAINS UNCHANGED.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. By: /s/ DANIEL W. COLSON 8-2-99
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- -------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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.
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AMENDED SCHEDULE II
Amended Note to Form 4
Name and Address of Reporting Person:
Daniel W. Colson
c/o Hollinger International Inc.
401 North Wabash, Suite 740
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Issuer Name and Ticker of Trading Symbol:
Hollinger International Inc./HLR
Amendment to Statement for Month/Year:
May 1999
Explanations:
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NOTE 2 IS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS FOLLOWS:
(2) As of May 13, 1999, Hollinger Inc. had outstanding 25,000,000 Series II
Preference Shares that were exchangeable for Class A Common Stock of the
Issuer at a fixed exchange rate as described in Note 1. As a result of the
Transaction described in Note 1, Hollinger Inc. had a put equivalent
position with respect to 11,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the
Issuer. As of May 13, 1999, Daniel W. Colson directly owned 442,800 Series
II Preference Shares, creating a call equivalent position with respect to
13,372 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.
