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Exhibit 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
HOLLINGER INC.
RETRACTION PRICE OF RETRACTABLE COMMON SHARES
Toronto, Canada, October 4, 2000 -- Hollinger Inc. (TSE: HLG.C) announces that
the Retraction Price of the retractable common shares of the Corporation as of
October 5, 2000 shall be $16.75 per share.
Hollinger is a Canadian-based international newspaper company that, through its
subsidiaries, is engaged in the publishing, printing and distribution of
newspapers and magazines in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and
Israel. Web sites are operated at all of its major newspapers. It owns the
Canada.com national portal site and a variety of other specialized sites.
Through its Hollinger Digital subsidiary, it has taken investment positions in
various Internet-based companies.
For further information please call:
J. A. Boultbee Peter Y. Atkinson
Executive Vice-President and CFO Executive Vice-President and General Counsel
Hollinger Inc. Hollinger Inc.
(416) 363-8721 (416) 363-8721
