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FORM 4
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
OMB APPROVAL
[ ] CHECK THIS BOX IF NO LONGER OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287
SUBJECT TO SECTION 16. FORM 4 EXPIRES: DECEMBER 31, 2001
OR FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY 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 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Reporting Person* (Check all applicable)
Hollinger Inc. Hollinger International Inc. (HLR) ___ Director _X_ 10% Owner
(See Schedule I for ___ Officer ___ Other (specify
additional reporting persons) (give title below) below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for ____________________________________
Security Number of Month/Year
Reporting Person
(Voluntary) February 2000
Hollinger International Inc.
401 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 740 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check
Date of Original Applicable Line)
(Street) (Month/Year)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
Chicago Illinois 60611 _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)
TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action action Acquired (A) Securities ship Indirect
Date Code or Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: Beneficial
(Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at Direct Ownership
(Month/ End of Month (D) or
Day/ Indirect
Year) (Instr. 3 and 4) (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
(A)
or
Code V Amount (D) Price
Class A Common Stock (2) X 319,500 D (3) (4) (5) (5)
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(Over)
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).
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 CONTROL NUMBER.
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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 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and
Derivative sion or action action Derivative and Expiration Amount of
Security Exercise Date Code Securities Date Underlying
(Instr. 3) Price of (Instr. 8) Acquired (Month/Day/Year) Securities
Derivative (Month/ (A) or (Instr. 3 and 4)
Security Day/ Disposed
Year) of (D)
(Instr. 3,
4 and 5)
Amount or
Date Expiration Number of
Exercisable Date Title Shares
Code V (A) (D)
HI Series II (3) (2) X 694,567 (6) (7) (8)
Call Options
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8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative derivative Form of of Indirect
Security Securities Derivative Beneficial
(Instr. 5) Beneficially Security: Ownership
Owned at End Direct (D) or (Instr. 4)
of Month Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
(9) (10) (10) (10)
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EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES:
See Schedule I attached hereto.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
HOLLINGER INC. March 1, 2000
By: /s/ Charles G. Cowan ---------------
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** Signature of Reporting Person
Charles G. Cowan
Vice-President and Secretary
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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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
THE RAVELSTON CORPORATION LIMITED March 1, 2000
By: /s/ Charles G. Cowan ----------------
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**Signature of Reporting Person
Charles G. Cowan
Vice-President and Secretary
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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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Conrad M. Black March 1, 2000
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
The Hon. Conrad M. Black, P.C.,O.C.
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Barbara Amiel Black March 1, 2000
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Barbara Amiel Black
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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SCHEDULE I
Explanatory 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
February 2000
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
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(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 January
(with respect to and aggregate of 319,500 Class A Common Shares during
such period) in connection with the retraction of Series II Preference
Shares ("Series II Shares") issued by HI, the Issuer'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: 24,639,543 Class A Common Shares held directly
by HI, and indirectly via its wholly owned
subsidiary 504468 N.B. Inc.
(ii) For Ravelston: 24,639,543 Class A Common Shares indirectly via
its control over HI
(iii) For CMB: 24,639,543 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: 24,639,543 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.
(ii) For Ravelston: Indirectly, via its control of HI.
(iii) For CMB: Directly and indirectly, via his control of
Ravelston, which controls HI.
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(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 Issuer.
(8) 319,500
(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: 13,625,511 Series II Shares remain outstanding,
resulting in a put equivalent position with
respect to 6,267,735 Class A Common Shares.
(ii) For Ravelston: 66,693 Series II Shares directly, resulting in
a call equivalent position with respect to
30,679 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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