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FORM 4
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[ ] Check this box if no longer WASHINGTON, D.C. 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
(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)
Black Conrad M. | Hollinger International Inc. - HLR | X Director X 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 | -----
c/o Hollinger International Inc. | of Reporting | | Other (specify below)
401 North Wabash, Suite 740 | Person (Voluntary) | July 1999 | -----
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| | | Chairman of the Board
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | Applicable Line
| | (Month/Year) | X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Chicago, Illinois 60611 | | | Form filed by More than One
| | | Reporting Person
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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-
| |---------------|--------------------------| 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 A Common Stock | 07/01/99 | A(1) | V | 500 | A | (1) | 600 | D |
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| | | | | | | 27,436,723 | I | (2)
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| | | | | | | 9,600 | I | (3)
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| | | | | | | 50 | I | (4)
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| | | | | | | 500 | I | (5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). 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:
(1) Reporting Person received shares directly from the Company as additional compensation as a director of the Company. The date of
issuance was effective as of July 1, 1999. The closing price per share of the Company's stock on such date was $12.44 per
share.
(2) Aggregate owned by Hollinger Inc. ("HI") and one of its wholly owned subsidiaries. HI is indirectly controlled by Reporting
Person through his holdings in The Ravelston Corporation Limited.
(3) Owned by Conrad Black Capital Corporation, which is controlled by Reporting Person.
(4) Owned by Reporting Peron's son. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall
not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other
purpose.
(5) Owned by Reporting Person's spouse. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report
shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other
purpose.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. By: /s/ Conrad M. Black 8/2/99
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ---------------------------- -------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Conrad M. Black
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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