0001193125-11-085928.txt : 20110401 0001193125-11-085928.hdr.sgml : 20110401 20110401090254 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-085928 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110401 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110401 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110401 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SAFEWAY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000086144 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411] IRS NUMBER: 943019135 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0101 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00041 FILM NUMBER: 11728775 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5918 STONERIDGE MALL RD CITY: PLEASANTON STATE: CA ZIP: 94588 BUSINESS PHONE: 9254673000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5918 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD CITY: PLEASANTON STATE: CA ZIP: 94588 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SAFEWAY STORES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900226 DEFA14A 1 ddefa14a.htm DEFINITIVE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS Definitive Additional Materials

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14-A

(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

 

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Safeway Inc.

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

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Safeway Inc.

To Participants in the

Safeway 401(k) Plan

Safeway 401(k) Savings Plan

The Vons Companies, Inc. Pharmacists’ 401(k) Plan

The Dominick’s Finer Foods, LLC 401(k) Retirement Plan for

Union Employees

As a participant (or a beneficiary with an account) in any of the 401(k) plans listed above, you have the right to direct the appropriate 401(k) plan trustee to vote the shares of Safeway Inc. Common Stock held in your 401(k) plan account. The vote will take place at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Safeway Inc. to be held on May 19, 2011.

As part of Safeway’s efforts to be environmentally conscious, you will no longer automatically be sent a proxy statement and annual report in the mail. Instead, you will receive a separate, confidential communication entitled “Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Safeway Inc. Stockholder Meeting to be held on May 19, 2011.” It describes the matters being presented at the Annual Meeting and provides you with directions on how to vote the shares of Safeway Inc. Common Stock held in your 401(k) plan account and how you can access the proxy materials that are available to you. If you prefer to receive a paper or e-mail copy of these documents, you must request them according to the directions provided in the notice. We encourage you to access and review all of the information contained in the proxy materials before you vote.

To direct the 401(k) plan trustee as to how to vote your Safeway 401(k) plan shares, you may vote electronically through the Internet or by telephone, or you may request a proxy card according to the directions provided in the notice.

Your votes are transmitted to the 401(k) plan trustee as your voting directions. The 401(k) plan trustee will hold your 401(k) plan voting directions in confidence and will not divulge or release specific information regarding your instructions to any person, including officers or employees of Safeway or its subsidiaries, except to the extent required by law.

If you also own shares of Safeway Common Stock that are held of record in your name outside a 401(k) plan (such as shares you purchased through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan), your vote will apply to both the shares held in your 401(k) plan account as well as those shares you own outside the 401(k) plan that are held in your name (but not to shares held in “street” or broker name).

If your completed proxy is not received by 6 a.m. Pacific time, May 17, 2011, the 401(k) plan administrator will direct the 401(k) plan trustee as to how to vote only the shares of Safeway Common Stock held in your 401(k) plan account. However, the 401(k) plan trustee will not vote any shares that you own outside the 401(k) plan (such as shares you purchased through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan).