E.W. SCRIPPS Co — Director's Dealing 2018

Sep 24, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: E.W. SCRIPPS Co (SSP)
CIK: 0000832428
Period of Report: 2018-09-20

Reporting Person: Scripps Eaton M (10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-09-20	Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	P	8795	$16.6315	Acquired	669842	Direct
2018-09-21	Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	P	8795	$16.5492	Acquired	678637	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	31875	Indirect
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	594879	Indirect
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	22438	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The purchases were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on August 20, 2018 and in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

F2: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions ranging from $16.54 to $16.87, 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.

F3: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions ranging from $16.47 to $16.79, 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.

F4: 304,091 of these shares were previously reported as indirectly beneficially owned through grantor-retained annuity trusts ("GRATs") of which the reporting person is trustee, but such shares were delivered to the reporting person on in satisfaction of the GRATs' annuity obligations. As a result, these Class A Common Shares are again directly owned by the reporting person.

F5: 312,186 of these shares were previously reported as directly beneficially owned, but were contributed to a GRAT of which the reporting person is trustee.