U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Valentine Michael J
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
1523 South Brophy
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(Street)
Park Ridge IL 60068
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(City) (State) (Zip)
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
December 19, 2002
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [_] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President, Finance
CFO and Secretary
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[ ] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[X] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
2A. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Follow- Direct Nature of
2. Deemed Code ------------------------------- ing Reported (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction Execution (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date Date, if any ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock 12/18/02 G V 3,207 (1) A 646,342 I (2) Trustee
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Over)
FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of Deriv- ship
ative Form
2. Secur- of
Conver- 5. 7. ities Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature
or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of
Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In-
cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct
Price Trans- tion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing Re- (D) or Bene-
1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative ported In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ (Month 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ /Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Reporting Person acquired as trustee 3,207 shares of Class A Common
Stock from his father, Mathias A. Valentine, President of Issuing
Company. Reporting Person is the trustee of the "Valentine Trusts" dated
May 26, 1991. Beneficiaries of the trusts are the children of Mathias A.
and Mary Valentine; Michael J. Valentine, James A. Valentine and Mary Jo
Carroll; shares acquired; 1,069, 1,069, and 1,069 respectively.
(2) This filing should not be deemed an admission that Reporting Person is,
for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act or otherwise,
the beneficial owner of all 3,207 shares of Issuer Class A Common Stock
acquired by the Trust and reported hereon.
/s/Linda Crowley 12/19/02
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: Linda Crowley, as attorney-in-fact for Michael J
.. Valentine per Power
of Attorney dated February 1, 2001, an original on file with the SEC.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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