E.W. SCRIPPS Co — Director's Dealing 2016

Mar 24, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: E.W. SCRIPPS Co (SSP)
CIK: 0000832428
Period of Report: 2016-03-22

Reporting Person: SCRIPPS PAUL K (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: PAUL K. SCRIPPS FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: JOHN P. SCRIPPS TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED 2/10/77 FBO BARBARA SCRIPPS EVANS (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: JOHN P. SCRIPPS TRUST EXEMPT TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED 2/10/77 (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: JOHN P. SCRIPPS TRUST FBO ELLEN MCRAE SCRIPPS UNDER AGREEMENT DATED 12/28/84 (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: JOHN P. SCRIPPS TRUST FBO PAUL K. SCRIPPS UNDER AGREEMENT DATED 2/10/77 (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: JOHN P. SCRIPPS TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED 2/10/77 FBO PETER M. SCRIPPS (10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-03-22	Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	M	10661	$8.78	Acquired	10661	Direct
2016-03-22	Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	S	5695	$16.8014	Disposed	4966	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-03-22	Option	$8.78	M	10661	Disposed	2016-05-03	Class A Common Shares (10661)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	65103	Indirect
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	232678	Indirect
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	232678	Indirect
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	232678	Indirect
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	32921	Indirect
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	22520	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Option	$8.14	2017-04-25	Class A Common Shares (10661)	10661	Direct
Option	$8.75	2018-06-12	Class A Common Shares (53310)	53310	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $16.78 to $16.84, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes to this Form 4.

F2: These shares are owned directly by The Paul K. Scripps Family 1994 Revocable Trust dated 2/7/1994 and indirectly by Paul K. Scripps, the Trustee of The Paul K. Scripps Family 1994 Revocable Trust dated 2/7/1994.

F3: These shares are owned directly by the John P. Scripps Trust FBO Barbara Scripps Evans U/A dated 2/10/77 and indirectly by Paul K. Scripps, a Co-Trustee of the John P. Scripps Trust FBO Barbara Scripps Evans U/A dated 2/10/77.

F4: These shares are owned directly by the John P. Scripps Trust FBO Paul K. Scripps U/A dated 2/10/77 and indirectly by Paul K. Scripps, a Co-Trustee of the John P. Scripps Trust FBO Paul K. Scripps U/A dated 2/10/77.

F5: These shares are owned directly by the John P. Scripps Trust FBO Peter M. Scripps U/A dated 2/10/77 and indirectly by Paul K. Scripps, a Co-Trustee of the John P. Scripps Trust FBO Peter M. Scripps U/A dated 2/10/77.

F6: These shares are owned directly by the John P. Scripps Trust FBO Exempt Trust U/A dated 2/10/77 and indirectly by Paul K. Scripps, a Co-Trustee of the John P. Scripps Trust Exempt Trust U/A dated 2/10/77.

F7: These shares are owned directly by the John P. Scripps Trust FBO Ellen McRae Scripps U/A dated 12/28/1984 and indirectly by Paul K. Scripps, the Trustee of the John P. Scripps Trust FBO Ellen McRae Scripps U/A dated 12/28/1984.