SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-17-015858

E.W. SCRIPPS Co · SSP

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Director

Period of report

Feb 28, 2017

Accepted (ET)

Mar 1, 2017 · 4:26 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000832428

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	Feb 28, 2017	M	40,000	$5.84	A	96,585	D
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	Feb 28, 2017	S	40,000	$22.834	D	56,585	D
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	holding	—	—		—	400	I	Husband as custodian for children
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	holding	—	—		—	0	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Option	$5.84	Feb 28, 2017	M	40,000	D	Aug 7, 2009	Aug 6, 2018	Class A Common	40,000	78,094	D
Phantom Stock^F1	—	holding	—	—	—	—	—	Class A Common	39,219	39,223	D
Restricted Stock Units^F2	—	holding	—	—	—	May 2, 2016	May 2, 2017	Restricted Stock Units	4,826	4,826	D

F1Pursuant 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 allocated to a phantom shares account based on the fair market value of the company's Class A Common Shares on the last trading day of each preceding quarter. Balances are paid in either shares or cash at the time a director leaves the Board.
F2This restricted stock unit award will vest in 2017. Upon vesting, each restricted stock unit will convert into one Class A Common Share of the Company.