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FORM 4
------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[ ] Check box if no longer WASHINGTON, DC 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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1)|2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person
| | to Issuer (Check all applicable)
F.A. Creasey | Hollinger International Inc.--HLR | Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement for | X Officer (give title below)
| Number of | Month/Year | -----
c/o Hollinger International Inc. | Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below)
401 North Wabash, Suite 740 | if an Entity | December 2000 | -----
| (Voluntary) | | Group Corporate Controller
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | (Check applicable line)
Chicago, Illinois 60611 | | (Month/Year) | X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) | | -- Reporting Person
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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 (transaction resulting| 12/8/00 | M | V | 5,000 | A | $9.71 | 0 | D |
from Option exercise: See Table II) |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 12/8/00 | M | V | 5,000 | D | $16.44 | | |
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| 12/8/00 | M | V | 5,000 | A | $12.25 | 0 | D |
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| 12/8/00 | M | V | 5,000 | D | $16.44 | | |
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| 12/8/00 | M | V | 3,750 | A | $11.63 | 0 | D |
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| 12/8/00 | M | V | 3,750 | D | $16.44 | | |
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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 | (Month/ | (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative
| Deriv- | Day/ | | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur-
| ative | Year) | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity
| Security | | | and 5) | | | (Instr. 5)
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| | | | |Date |Expira- | | Amount or |
| | |-------------------------------|Exer- |tion | Title | Number of |
| | | Code | V | (A) |(D) |cisable|Date | | Shares |
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Employee stock | $9.71 | 12/8/00 | D | V | | (1) | (1) | 7/31/06|Class A | (1) |
options (right to buy) | | | | | | | | |Common | |
under 1994 Plan | | | | | | | | |Stock | |
------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|--------|---------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------
Under 1997 Plan | $11.63 | 12/8/00 | D | V | | (2) | (2) | 2/11/09|Class A | (2) |
| | | | | | | | |Common | |
| | | | | | | | |Stock | |
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Under 1997 Plan | $12.25 | 12/8/00 | D | V | | (3) | (3) | 2/25/09|Class A | (3) |
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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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0 | |
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11,250 | D |
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15,000 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) 5,000; These options were granted to the reporting person under the Company's 1997 Stock Incentive Plan on 8/1/96 ("Grant Date")
25% of the options become exercisable on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date.
(2) 3,750; These options represent 25% of the options granted (the "Grant") to the reporting person under the Company's 1997 Stock
Incentive Plan on 2/12/99 ("Grant Date"). 25% of the Grant becomes exercisable on each of the first, second, third and fourth
anniversaries of the Grant Date.
(3) 5,000; These options represent 25% of the options granted (the "Grant") to the reporting person under the Company's 1997 Stock
Incentive Plan on 2/26/99 ("Grant Date"). 25% of the Grant becomes exercisable on each of the first, second, third and fourth
anniversaries of the Grant Date.
By: F.A. CREASEY 12/15/00
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
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