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FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL
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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
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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 |
| Hollinger Inc. | Hollinger International Inc. (HLR) | (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 [ ] Other (specify |
| | Reporting Person | | (give title below) |
| Hollinger International Inc. | (Voluntary) | November 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 Illinois 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/Year)| (Instr. 8) | | cially Owned at | Form: | direct |
| | | | | 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) |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Class A Common Stock | (2) | X | | 487,140 | D | (4) | | | |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Class A Common Stock | (3) | X | | 364,047 | D | (5) | (6) | (7) | (7) |
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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 | (4) | (2) | X | | |1,059,000 | (8) | | (9) | (10) | (12) |
| Call Options | | | | | | | | | | | |
|-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-----|----------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------|
| HI Retractable | (5) | (3) | X | | |506,400 | (8) | | (9) | (11) | (13) |
| Common 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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| (14) | (14) | (14) |
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| (15) | (15) | (15) |
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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 December 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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THE RAVELSTON CORPORATION
LIMITED
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal By: /s/ Charles G. Cowan December 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 December 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 December 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
November 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 November
(with respect to an aggregate of 487,140 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 disposition of the Class A Common Shares occurred on various dates
throughout the month of November (with respect to an aggregate of 364,047
Class A Common Shares) in connection with the retraction of Retractable
Common Shares ("Retractable Common Shares") issued by HI, the Issuer's
parent corporation.
(4) The consideration given for the exchange of each Series II Share was 0.46
of a Class A Common Share.
(5) The average consideration given for the exchange of each Retractable Common
Share was approximately .719 of a Class A Common Share.
(6) (i) For HI: 22,024,032 Class A Common Shares held directly
by HI, and indirectly via its wholly owned
subsidiary 504468 N.B. Inc.
(ii) For Ravelston: 22,024,032 Class A Common Shares indirectly
via its control over HI
(iii) For CMB: 22,024,032 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. 22,024,032 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.
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(7) (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.
(iv) For Amiel: Directly and indirectly via her spouse, CMB,
and his control of Ravelston, which controls
HI.
(8) Immediately.
(9) Class A Common Stock of the Issuer.
(10) 1,059,000
(11) 506,400
(12) 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.
(13) The Retractable Common Shares were originally issued in 1998 in exchange
for Equity Units of Hollinger Inc. at a ratio of one Retractable Common
Share per one Equity Unit.
(14) (i) For HI: 8,901,422 Series II Shares remain outstanding,
resulting in a put equivalent position with
respect to 4,094,654 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.
(15) (i) For HI: 36,384,187 Retractable Common Shares remain
outstanding, resulting in a put equivalent
position as
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of November 30, 2000 with respect to up to
23,024,763 Class A Common Shares.
(ii) For Ravelston: 24,961,567 Retractable Common Shares directly,
resulting in a call equivalent position as of
November 30, 2000 with respect to up to
15,796,262 Class A Common Shares. Via its
control of HI, Ravelston indirectly
beneficially owns HI's position in the
Retractable Common Shares.
(iii) For CMB: 24,961,567 Retractable Common Shares directly,
resulting in a call equivalent position as of
November 30, 2000 with respect to up to
15,796,262 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 Retractable Common
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.
