4 1 g64226wfe4.txt PIERRE FOODS, INC. / WILLIAM P. FOLEY, II 1 ------ FORM 4 ------ U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] Check box if no longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1) | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person to| | Foley, II William P. | Pierre Foods, Inc. | Issuer (Check all applicable) | |--------------------------------------------| (formerly Fresh Foods, Inc.) (NASDAQ: FOOD) | | | (Last) (First) (Middle) |----------------------------------------------| [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner | | | 3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement For | [ ] Officer (give [ ] Other (Specify| | | Number of Reporting | Month/Year | title below) | | 361 Second Street NW, P.O. Box 3967 | Person, if an Entity | | below) | | | (Voluntary) | February 2000 | | |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------|--------------------------------------| | (Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing | | | | Date of Original| (Check applicable line) | | Hickory NC 28603 | | (Month/Year) | [X] Form Filed by One | | | | | Reporting Person | |--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| [ ] Form Filed by More Than | | (City) (State) (Zip) | | One Reporting Person | | | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |1. Title of Security |2. Transaction |3. Transac- |4. Securities Acquired (A) | 5. Amount of Se- |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | (Instr. 3) | Date | tion Code | or Disposed of (D) | curities Benefi-| ship | of In- | | | (Month/Day/ | (Instr. 8) | | cially Owned at | Form: | direct | | | Year) | | | End of Month | Direct | Benefi-| | | | | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (D) or | cial | | | |--------------|---------------------------| | Indirect | Owner- | | | | Code | V | Amount | (A) or| Price| | (I) | ship | | | | | | | (D) | | | (Instr. 4)| (Instr.| | | | | | | | | | | 4) | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------|-------|------|------------|-------|------|--------------------|-------------|----------| | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price | | Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of | | (Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities | Deriv- | | | Price of | (Month/| (Instr.| Acquired (A) | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative | | | Deriv- | Day/ | 8) | or Disposed | (Month/Day/ | | Secur- | | | ative | Year) | | or (D) | Year) | | ity | | | Security | | | (Instr. 3, | | | (Instr. 5)| | | | | | 4, and 5) |-----------------|--------------------| | | | | | | | Date |Expira- | | Amount or| | | | | |----------|----------------| Exer- |tion | Title | Number of| | | | | | Code| V | (A) | (D) | cisable|Date | | Shares | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| |Option (right to buy)--| $10.50 | 02/18/00 |J (1)| | | 150,000|02/23/98|02/23/08|Common | 150,000 | N/A | |1997 Special Stock | | | | | | | | |Stock | | | |Option Plan | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------|--------------|----------|-----|----|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of | | Derivative | Form of | Indirect | | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial | | Beneficially | Security: | Ownership | | Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) | | of Month | or Indirect (I) | | | (Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) | | | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | -0- | D | N/A | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | |---------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------| | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: (1) On February 18, 2000, the Reporting Person cancelled all options to purchase Common Stock that had been issued and were then outstanding to the Reporting Person, including options not yet exercisable as well as options exercisable as of the date of cancellation. No value was, nor will be, received by the Reporting Person in exchange for canceling his options. (*) Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal /s/ William P. Foley, II 10/11/2000 Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -------------------------------- ---------- Signature of Reporting Person(*) Date Note. File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. (Print or Type Responses)