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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
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)|
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| 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) | December 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) | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | cially Owned at | Form: | direct |
| | | | | End of Month | Direct | Benefi-|
| | | | | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (D) or | cial |
| | |--------------|---------------------------| | Indirect | Owner- |
| | | Code | V | Amount | (A) | Price| | (I) | ship |
| | | | | | or | | | (Instr. 4)| (Instr.|
| | | | | | (D) | | | | 4) |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Class A Common Stock | (2) | X | | 377,378 | D | (4) | | | |
|---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------|
|Class A Common Stock | (3) | X | | 7,509 | 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/ | | Security |
| | tive | Year) | | of (D) | Year) | | (Instr.5) |
| | Security | | | (Instr. 3, | | | |
| | | | | 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 | | | 820,388 | (8) | | (9) | (10) | (12) |
| Call Options | | | | | | | | | | | |
|-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-----|----------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------|
| HI Retractable | (5) | (3) | X | | | 9,700 | (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) | |
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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 January 9, 2001
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 January 9, 2001
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 January 9, 2001
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 January 9, 2001
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
December 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
December (with respect to an aggregate of 377,378 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 December 4, 2000
(with respect to an aggregate of 7,509 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 .77 of a Class A Common Share.
(6) (i) For HI: 21,639,145 Class A Common Shares held
directly by HI, and indirectly via its
wholly owned subsidiary 504468 N.B. Inc.
(ii) For Ravelston: 21,639,145 Class A Common Shares indirectly
via its control over HI
(iii) For CMB: 21,639,145 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. 21,639,145 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) 820,388
(11) 9,700
(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: 8,080,482 Series II Shares remain
outstanding, resulting in a put equivalent
position with respect to 3,717,021 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: 36,374,487 Retractable Common Shares remain
outstanding, resulting in a put equivalent
position as
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of December 29, 2000 with respect to up to
21,386,274 Class A Common Shares.
(ii) For Ravelston: 24,961,567 Retractable Common Shares
directly, resulting in a call equivalent
position as of December 29, 2000 with
respect to up to 14,676,081 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 December 29, 2000 with
respect to up to 14,676,081 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.
