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 Mathias A
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
525 Edgemont
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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)
President
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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) D 602,588 D
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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 gifted 3,207 shares of Class A Common Stock to the
"Valentine Trusts" dated May 26, 1991. Michael J. Valentine is the
Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
of Issuing Company and the trustee of the "Valentine Trusts".
Beneficiaries of the trust are the children of Mathias A. and Mary
Valentine; Michael J. Valentine, James A. Valentine and Mary Jo Carroll.
/s/Linda Crowley 12/19/02
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: Linda Crowley, as attorney-in-fact for Mathias A. 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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