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*
Sanfilippo Jasper Baratta
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
2299 Busse Road
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(Street)
Elk Grove Village IL 60007
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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)
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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
December 30, 2002
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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 [X] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
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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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Common Stock 12/27/02 G V 275(1) D 0 D Joint with
Spouse
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Common Stock 12/27/02 G V 8,000(2) D 21,000 D
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Common Stock 8,152 I(3) Held by
Spouse
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Common Stock 49,600 I(3) 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.
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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 and his spouse gifted 275 shares of common stock to an
"Education Trust" the beneficiaries of which are the grandchildren of the
Reporting Person and his spouse. These securities are owned directly by the
trust and indirectly by Reporting Person and his spouse as trustees of the
trust.
(2) Reporting Person gifted 8,000 shares of common stock to an "Education
Trust" the beneficiareis of which are the grandchildren of Reporting
Person. These securities are owned directly by the trust and indirectly
by Reporting Person as trustee of the trust.
(3) Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities,
and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Reporting Person
is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act or for any other purpose.
/s/Linda Crowley 12/30/2002
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: Linda Crowley as attorney-in-fact for Jasper Baratta Sanfilippo per
Power of Attorney dated February 1, 2001, 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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Joint Filer Information
Name: Marian R. Sanfilippo
Address: PO Box 367
Barrington Hills IL 60011
Designated Filer: Jasper Baratta Sanfilippo
Issuer & Ticker Symbol: John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS)
Date of Event Requiring Statement: 12/27/02
/s/Linda Crowley
Signature: _________________________________
By: Linda Crowley, as attorney-in-fact for Marian R. Sanfilippo
per Power of Attorney dated February 1, 2001, original on file
with the SEC.
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