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FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL
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[ ] Check this box if no OMB Number: 3235-0287
longer subject to U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Expires: December 31, 2001
Section 16. Form 4 Washington, DC 20549 Estimated average burden
or Form 5 obligations hours per response.....0.5
may continue. See STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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
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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)|
| Hollinger Inc. | Hollinger International Inc. (HLR) | to Issuer (Check all applicable) |
| (See Schedule I for additional | | |
| reporting persons) | | |
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| (Last) (First) (Middle) | 3. IRS or Social | 4. Statement For | [ ] Director [X] 10% Owner |
| | Security Number of | Month/Year | [ ] Officer (give [ ] Other (Specify|
| | Reporting Person | | title below) |
| Hollinger International Inc. | (Voluntary) | August 2000 | below) |
| 401 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 740 | | | |
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| (Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Date of Original| (Check applicable line) |
| | | (Month/Year) | [ ] Form filed by One |
| Chicago IL 60611 | | | Reporting Person |
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| [X] Form filed by More Than |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | | One Reporting Person |
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| TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED |
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|1. Title of Security |2. Transaction |3. Transac- |4. Securities Acquired (A) | 5. Amount of Se- |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| (Instr. 3) | Date | tion Code | or Disposed of (D) | curities Benefi-| ship | of In- |
| | (Month/Day/ | (Instr. 8) | | cially Owned at | Form: | direct |
| | Year) | | | End of Month | Direct | Benefi-|
| | | | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (D) or | cial |
| | |--------------|---------------------------| | Indirect | Owner- |
| | | Code | V | Amount | (A) or| Price| | (I) | ship |
| | | | | | (D) | | | (Instr. 4)| (Instr.|
| | | | | | | | | | 4) |
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|Class A Common Stock | (2) | X | | 11,500 | D | (3) | (4) | (5) | (5) |
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Remainder: 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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|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 | Expiration | Securities | Deriva- |
| | Price of | (Month/| (Instr.| Acquired (A) | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | tive |
| | Deriva- | Day/ | 8) | or Disposed | (Month/Day/ | | Secu- |
| | tive | Year) | | of (D) | Year) | | rity |
| | Security | | | (Instr. 3, | | | (Instr. 5)|
| | | | | 4, and 5) |-----------------|--------------------| |
| | | | | | Date |Expira- | | Amount or| |
| | | |----------|----------------| Exer- |tion | Title | Number of| |
| | | | Code| V | (A) | (D) | cisable|Date | | Shares | |
|-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------|
| HI Series II | (3) | (2) | X | | | 25,000 | (6) | | (7) | (8) | (9) |
| Call Options | | | | | | | | | | | |
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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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| (10) | (10) | (10) |
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Explanation of Responses:
See Schedule I attached hereto.
HOLLINGER INC.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal By: /s/ Charles G. Cowan September 6, 2000
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- -----------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Charles G. Cowan
Vice-President and Secretary
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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FORM 4 (continued)
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THE RAVELSTON CORPORATION
LIMITED
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal By: /s/ Charles G. Cowan September 6, 2000
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- --------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Charles G. Cowan
Vice-President and Secretary
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FORM 4 (continued)
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ Conrad M. Black September 6, 2000
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- --------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
The Hon. Conrad M. Black, P.C.,O.C.
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FORM 4 (continued)
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/ Barbara Amiel Black September 6, 2000
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- --------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Barbara Amiel Black
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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
August 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:
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(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 August
(with respect to and aggregate of 11,500 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: 23,290,035 Class A Common Shares
held directly by HI, and
indirectly via its wholly owned
subsidiary 504468 N.B. Inc.
(ii) For Ravelston: 23,290,035 Class A Common Shares
indirectly via its control over
HI
(iii) For CMB: 23,290,035 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. 23,290,035 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.
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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) 11,500
(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: 10,674,490 Series II Shares
remain outstanding, resulting in
a put equivalent position with
respect to 4,910,265 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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