Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001140361-11-010870
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2011-02-18 17:38:20
Reporting Period:
2011-02-17
Filing Date:
2011-02-18
Accepted Time:
2011-02-18 17:38:20
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
1232241 Journal Communications Inc JRN Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711) 200020198
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1280063 G David Meissner 111 East Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee WI 53202-6622
Yes No No No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Class A Common Stock Disposition 2011-02-17 1,000 $5.95 0 No 4 S Direct
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 S Direct
Reported Derivative Holdings
Sec. Name Sec. Type Price Date Expiration Date Amount Remaning Holdings Nature of Ownership
Class A Common Stock Class B Common Stock $0.00 82,478 82,478 Direct
Class A Common Stock Class B Common Stock $0.00 1,067,358 1,067,358 Indirect
Class B Common Stock Class B Common Stock Option (right to buy) $17.44 2005-05-03 2011-05-03 5,000 5,000 Direct
Class A Common Stock Class C Common Stock $0.00 1,067,054 1,067,054 Indirect
Expiration Date Amount Remaning Holdings Nature of Ownership
82,478 82,478 Direct
1,067,358 1,067,358 Indirect
2011-05-03 5,000 5,000 Direct
1,067,054 1,067,054 Indirect
Footnotes
  1. The Class B Common Stock is convertible into Class A Common Stock (subject to certain limitations specified in the Issuer's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation) on a 1-for-1 basis at no cost.
  2. These shares are owned by trusts created under my wife's estate planning documents, of which I am a beneficiary and a trustee.
  3. Grant to reporting person of option to buy shares of Class B Common Stock under the Journal Communications, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan. The option vested on the first anniversary of the date of grant.
  4. Class C Common Stock is convertible into either (i) Class A and Class B Common Stock on a basis of 1:0.248243 Class C to Class A, and 1:1.115727 Class C to Class B, or (ii) Class A only on a basis of 1.36397 Class C to Class A, all at no cost.