DEFR14A 1 pdefapressapril19.txt DEFA PRESS RELAEASE APRIL 19, 2002 SCHEDULE 14A (Rule 14a-101) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Filed by the Registrant [ X ] Filed by a party other than the Registrant [ ] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement. [ ] Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only as permitted [ ] Definitive Proxy Statement. by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) [X ] Definitive Additional Materials. [ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-12. FOODARAMA SUPERMARKETS, INC. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [X] No fee required. [ ] Fee computed on the table below per Exchange ActRules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 011 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5) Total fee paid: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing. (1) Amount previously paid: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Filing Party: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Date Filed: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT: Michael Shapiro Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer (732) 294-2270 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOODARAMA SUPERMARKETS, INC. ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN TIME OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Freehold, N.J., April 19, 2002 - Foodarama Supermarkets, Inc. (ASE-FSM) (the "Company" or "Foodarama") announced today that it has changed the time of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., local time. The date and place for the meeting remains the same. The Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at 2:00 p.m., local time, at the offices of the Company, 922 Highway 33, Building 6, Suite 1, Howell, New Jersey 07731. The Company also announced that it has mailed to its shareholders a supplement to its Proxy Statement which contains information regarding certain recent developments in the Company, including the repurchase of certain shares of its Common Stock subsequent to the record date for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders as well as the filing of a shareholders derivative action against the Company, as nominal defendant, and the members of the Board. Foodarama Supermarkets, Inc. is a New Jersey corporation formed in 1958 and operates a chain of twenty-two supermarkets in Central New Jersey, as well as two liquor stores and two garden centers, all licensed as Shop-Rite. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certain information included in this press release and other Company filings (collectively, the "SEC filings") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (as well as information communicated orally or in writing between the dates of such SEC filings) contains or may contain forward looking information that is subject to certain risks, trends, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------