X0306 5 2019-12-31 0 0 0 0000912752 SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC SBGI 0001016817 SMITH DAVID D C/O SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP 10706 BEAVER DAM ROAD COCKEYSVILLE MD 21030 1 1 1 0 Executive Chairman Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 G 0 100000 0 D Class B Common Stock 100000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 A 0 100000 0 A Class B Common Stock 100000 100000 I By Irrevocable Trust 2019/BECS Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 G 0 200000 0 D Class B Common Stock 200000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 A 0 200000 0 A Class B Common Stock 200000 200000 I By Irrevocable Trust 2019/BECS II Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 G 0 100000 0 D Class B Common Stock 100000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 A 0 100000 0 A Class B Common Stock 100000 100000 I By Irrevocable Trust 2019/JBSS Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 G 0 100000 0 D Class B Common Stock 100000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 A 0 100000 0 A Class B Common Stock 100000 100000 I By Irrevocable Trust 2019/MJSS Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 G 0 100000 0 D Class B Common Stock 100000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-05-09 5 A 0 100000 0 A Class B Common Stock 100000 100000 I By Irrevocable Trust 2019/DBS Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 G 0 250000 0 D Class B Common Stock 250000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 A 0 250000 0 A Class B Common Stock 250000 250000 I By Irrevocable Trust II 2019/BECS Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 G 0 250000 0 D Class B Common Stock 250000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 A 0 250000 0 A Class B Common Stock 250000 250000 I By Irrevocable Trust II 2019/BECS II Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 G 0 250000 0 D Class B Common Stock 250000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 A 0 250000 0 A Class B Common Stock 250000 250000 I By Irrevocable Trust II 2019/JBSS Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 G 0 250000 0 D Class B Common Stock 250000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 A 0 250000 0 A Class B Common Stock 250000 250000 I By Irrevocable Trust II 2019/MJSS Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 G 0 250000 0 D Class B Common Stock 250000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-08-20 5 A 0 250000 0 A Class B Common Stock 250000 250000 I By Irrevocable Trust II 2019/DBS Class B Common Stock 0 2019-11-08 5 G 0 40000 0 A Class B Common Stock 40000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-11-08 5 G 0 40000 0 A Class B Common Stock 40000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-11-08 5 G 0 40000 0 A Class B Common Stock 40000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-11-08 5 G 0 40000 0 A Class B Common Stock 40000 4056072.227 D Class B Common Stock 0 2019-11-08 5 G 0 40000 0 A Class B Common Stock 40000 4056072.227 D Gifted to Trust f/b/o Reporting Person's family member The Class B Common Stock is convertible at the Reporting Person's election and has no expiration date. After giving effect to the transactions reported on this Form 5 and the transactions reported on the Form 5/A referenced in the Remarks section of this Form 5, the Reporting Person directly owns 4,056,072.227 shares of Class B Common Stock at the end of the issuer's fiscal year. The Reporting Person also directly owns (i) 756,332 shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) 11,809.667933 shares of Class A Common Stock held in a 401(k) unitized stock fund, and (iii) 134,172 shares of Class A Common Stock issued as Restricted Stock. The Reporting Person indirectly owns (i) 28,160 shares of Class A Common Stock held in separate custodial accounts established by the Reporting Person for the benefit of family members of which the Reporting Person is the custodian, (ii) 338,400 shares of Class A Common Stock held by trusts f/b/o family members of which the Reporting Person is a trustee, (iii) 162,553 shares of Class A Common Stock held by a limited liability company controlled by the Reporting Person, (iv) 654,000 shares of Class A Common Stock held f/b/o David D. Smith Foundation, Inc., which the Reporting Person controls but does not derive any benefit, and (v) 2,855,000 shares of Class B Common Stock held by trusts f/b/o family members. Acquired by gift from Reporting Person. The Reporting Person has the right to substitute the corpus of the trust. Distribution of Class B Common Stock to the Reporting Person from independent trustee pursuant to the terms of the Irrevocable Trust Agreement/BECS dated August 15, 2018. Distribution of Class B Common Stock to the Reporting Person from independent trustee pursuant to the terms of the Irrevocable Trust Agreement/BECS II dated August 15, 2018. Distribution of Class B Common Stock to the Reporting Person from independent trustee pursuant to the terms of the Irrevocable Trust Agreement/JBSS dated August 15, 2018. Distribution of Class B Common Stock to the Reporting Person from independent trustee pursuant to the terms of the Irrevocable Trust Agreement/MJSS dated August 15, 2018. Distribution of Class B Common Stock to the Reporting Person from independent trustee pursuant to the terms of the Irrevocable Trust Agreement/DBS dated August 15, 2018. This Form 5 filing is Part 1 of 2. Due to do the number of entry limitations allowed on one Form 5 filing, the additional entries will be filed on a Form 5/A. Clinton R. Black, V, Esq., on behalf of David D. Smith, by Power of Attorney 2020-02-12