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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
x
Check this box if no longer
subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue.
See Instruction 1(b).
1.
Name and Address of Reporting
Person* (Last, First, Middle)
2.
Issuer Name and Ticker or
Trading Symbol
3.
I.R.S. Identification Number of
Reporting
Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
Scripps, Charles, E.
The E. W. Scripps Company (SSP)
312 Walnut Street, 28th Floor
4.
Statement for Month/Day/Year
5.
If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
04/30/2003
(Street)
6.
Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check All Applicable)
7.
Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(City) (State) (Zip)
x
Director
o
10% Owner
x
Form filed by One Reporting Person
o
Officer (give title below)
o
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
o
Other (specify below)
Reminder:
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).
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities
Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.
Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2.
Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year)
2a.
Deemed Execution
Date, if any.
(Month/Day/Year)
3.
Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4.
Securities Acquired (A)
or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5.
Amount of Securities
Beneficially Owned
Following Reported
Transactions(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6.
Ownership
Form:
Direct (D) or
Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7.
Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code
V
Amount
(A)
or
(D)
Price
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share
04/30/2003
S
V
7,000,000
D
$75.512
22,096,111
As Trustee*
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share
18,800
D
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share
1,050
I
By wife
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share
16,040,000
As Trustee*
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Table II - Derivative Securities
Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible
securities)
1.
Title of Derivative
Security
(Instr. 3)
2.
Conversion or Exercise
Price of Derivative
Security
3.
Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3a.
Deemed Execution
Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year)
4.
Transaction
Code
(Instr. 8)
5.
Number of Derivative Securities
Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
Code
V
(A)
(D)
Option
$48.50
5/13/99
A
V
1
Option
$48.94
5/18/00
A
V
1
Option
$64.32
5/10/01
A
V
1
Option
$78.01
5/9/02
A
V
1
Phantom Stock
$79.64
4/29/03
J
V
1
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Table II - Derivative Securities
Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned - Continued
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
6.
Date Exercisable and
Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7.
Title and Amount
of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8.
Price of Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)
9.
Number of Derivative
Securities Beneficially Owned
Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10.
Ownership Form of
Derivative Security:
Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11.
Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Date
Exercisable
Expiration
Date
Title
Amount or
Number of
Shares
5/13/00
5/12/09
Class A Common
2,000
D
5/18/01
5/17/10
Class A Common
5,000
D
5/10/02
5/9/11
Class A Common
5,000
D
5/9/03
5/8/12
Class A Common
5,000
D
**
**
Class A Common
1,620.36**
4
D
Explanation of Responses:
*-The reporting person is a Trustee of The Edward W. Scripps Trust (the "Trust") and has the power, together with the other Trustees of the Trust, to vote and dispose of the shares of the company held by the Trust. The reporting person has a life income interest in the Trust.
**-Pursuant to the company's 1997 Deferred Compensation and Stock Plan for Directors, directors may defer fees into a phantom stock fund. Under this plan, fees are converted quarterly into phantom shares at the fair market value of the company's Class A Common shares on the last trading day of each quarter. Upon retirement as a director, the balance may be paid in either shares or cash. The balance at 3/31/03 was 1,620.36 phantom shares. Mr. Scripps retired as a director on 4/29/03 and elected to have the balance paid in cash.
/s/ M. Denise Kuprionis, Attorney-in-fact for Charles E. Scripps
5/1/2003
**Signature of Reporting Person
Date
**
Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and
15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note:
File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually
signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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