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BURKE MILLS, INC.
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BURKE MILLS, INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
1999
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The 1999 annual meeting of the shareholders of Burke Mills, Inc. ("the
Company") will be held at the executive offices of the Company, 191 Sterling
Street N.W., Valdese, North Carolina, at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, May 18, 1999, for
the following purposes:
(1) To elect five directors to serve until the next annual meeting of
the shareholders and until their successors shall be elected and shall
qualify.
(2) To transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournments thereof.
The close of business on March 12, 1999, has been fixed as the record
date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote
at said meeting.
Management hopes all shareholders can attend this meeting. Whether or
not you expect to be present, you are requested to date and sign the enclosed
proxy and return it promptly in the enclosed envelope. The proxy will be
returned to any shareholder who attends the meeting and requests such return.
By order of the Board of Directors
Pender R. McElroy
Secretary of Burke Mills, Inc.
April 13, 1999
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PROXY STATEMENT
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Annual Meeting of the
Shareholders of Burke Mills, Inc.
to be held May 18, 1999
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SOLICITATION AND REVOCATION OF APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
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The enclosed appointment of proxy is solicited by the Board of
Directors of Burke Mills, Inc. ("the Company"). It is revocable upon receipt of
written notice of revocation by the Secretary of the Company at any time before
it is exercised. If the enclosed appointment of proxy is signed and returned,
the shares covered by the appointment will be voted at the meeting (and all
adjourned sessions).
The cost of soliciting appointments of proxy will be borne by the
Company, and such costs are not expected to exceed an amount normally expended
for a solicitation for an election of directors in the absence of a contest and
costs represented by salaries and wages of regular employees and officers, who
will carry out any solicitations to be made, which amount is not expected to
exceed $1,000.00.
The mailing address of the principal executive offices of the Company
is:
Burke Mills, Inc.
Post Office Box 190
Valdese, North Carolina 28690
The approximate date on which the proxy statements and proxy cards are
first sent or given to shareholders is April 13, 1999.
VOTING RIGHTS
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The holders of stock of the Company on March 12, 1999 are the only
shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting of
shareholders on May 18, 1999 and at any adjournments thereof. On March 12, 1999
(the record date) there were 2,741,168 shares of stock outstanding and entitled
to vote. Each share of stock is entitled to one vote.
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VOTING PROCEDURES
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If a majority of the shares of the Company issued and outstanding are
present at the meeting in person or by proxy, a quorum will exist.
Each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to cast one vote
per share outstanding in the name of such shareholder (a) on the motion before
the body or (b) as to election of directors, for as many persons as there are
directors to be elected. For a motion to pass, the votes cast in favor of the
motion must exceed the votes cast against the motion. Directors are elected by a
plurality of the votes cast; the nominees with the largest number of votes will
be elected up to the maximum number of directors to be elected (which is five).
Votes by proxy will be tabulated by First Union National Bank, the
stock transfer agent for the Company. The votes by proxy will be cast at the
meeting by the proxy holders. Any shareholder may vote in person at the meeting
if no appointment of proxy has been made or if the appointment is revoked. Votes
will be tabulated by the secretary of the Company.
Under North Carolina law and under the articles of incorporation and
bylaws of the Company, abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect since a
majority of the votes cast will carry a motion and directors are elected by a
plurality of the votes cast.
SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
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As of March 12, 1999 the following persons are the only persons known
to the Company to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the
common stock of the Company (the only voting securities of the Company):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Title of Name and Address of Amount and Nature of Percent
Class Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership of Class
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Common Naseus, Inc. 1,443,329 shares 52.7%
Stock Flat 72, Building 383 (Direct)
Road 1912
Manama Town 319, Bahrain
Common Humayun N. Shaikh 1,443,329 shares 52.7%
Stock Nafees Cotton Mills, Ltd. (Indirect)
Ismail Aiwan-i-Science
Shahrah-i-Jalaluddin Roomi
Lahore - 54600, Pakistan
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Title of Name and Address of Amount and Nature of Percent
Class Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership of Class
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Common Khalid A. H. Al Sagar 721,664 shares 26.3%
Stock A. H. Al Sagar & Bros. (Indirect)
P. O. Box 244, Safat 13003
KUWAIT
Common Hickory Industries, Inc. 270,000 shares 9.85%
Stock Box 429 (Direct)
Hickory, N.C. 28603
Common Robert E. Bell, Jr. 270,000 shares 9.85%
Stock Hickory Industries, Inc. (Indirect)
Box 429
Hickory, N.C. 28603
</TABLE>
The shares beneficially owned by Humayun N. Shaikh are shares owned
of record by Naseus, Inc. Naseus, Inc., a Panamanian corporation, holds
1,443,329 shares of the Company's stock. Mr. Al Sagar has sole investment
power as to 721,664 shares of the stock of the Company owned by Naseus, Inc.
Humayun N. Shaikh, who is chairman and a director of the Company, holds the
sole voting power as to the stock of the Company owned by Naseus, Inc. and
investment power as to 721,665 shares of the stock of the Company owned by
the Naseus, Inc. Naseus, Inc. is a holding company for business interests and
does not conduct any active operations.
Robert E. Bell, Jr. is the president, director and majority shareholder
of Hickory Industries, Inc. Hickory Industries, Inc. directly owns of record
270,000 shares of the stock of the Company.
The Company is informed and believes that as of March 12, 1999 Cede &
Co. held 1,062,929 shares of the Company (38.8%) as nominee for Depository Trust
Company, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10004, that Cede & Co. and
Depository Trust Company both disclaim any beneficial ownership thereof, and
that such shares are held for the account of numerous other persons, no one of
whom is believed to beneficially own five percent or more of the common stock of
the Company, except for the stock owned by Hickory Industries, Inc.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
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Five directors are to be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders
to be held on May 18, 1999. Directors are to be elected to serve until the next
annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall be elected and
shall qualify.
The enclosed proxy will be voted in favor of the election of the
following nominees as directors:
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<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Amount (Shares)
and Nature of
Name Principal Beneficial Percent
(Age)(Year lst Elected) Occupation Ownership of Class
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Humayun N. Shaikh Chairman of 1,443,329 52.7 %
(56) (1978) the Company (Direct and
Indirect)
Charles P. McCamy President of 100 0.0 %
(45) (1998) the Company (Direct)
William T. Dunn Retired 7,000 0.25%
(65) (1996) (Direct)
Robert P. Huntley Chairman, 120,000 4.4 %
(61) (1993) Secretary (Direct)
and Treasurer,
Timberidge Lumber Co.
Hickory, N.C.
Aehsun Shaikh Director, 0 0.0 %
(26) (1999) Nafees Cotton Mills, Ltd. and
Legler- Nafees Denim Mills, Ltd.
Lahore, Pakistan
</TABLE>
All nominees are incumbents.
"Direct" ownership means ownership as record owner. "Indirect"
ownership means beneficial ownership other than as record owner.
Mr. Ahmed H. Shaikh resigned effective February 26, 1999. The Board
of Directors elected Mr. Aehsun Shaikh to fill the vacancy effective the same
date.
Mr. Humayun Shaikh serves as a director of Nafees Cotton Mills, Ltd
(engaged in synthetic yarn spinning) of Lahore, Pakistan, and has so served for
more than the past five years. Until 1994 he was a director of Colony Textile
Mills, Ltd. (engaged in spinning and weaving of yarn and dyeing and printing of
fabric) and of National Security Insurance Co., Ltd. (engaged in the writing of
property and casualty insurance) both of Lahore, Pakistan, and so served for
more than the five years prior to 1994. Mr. Shaikh devotes approximately 75% of
his time to the management of the Company. Mr. Shaikh served as President of the
Company from January 1981 until May 1992, when he became Chairman.
Charles P. McCamy has been President and Chief Operating Officer of the
Company since September 1997. From March 1996 to September 1997, Mr. McCamy was
a sales representative for Schloss Griffin Associates, Inc., Charlotte, North
Carolina, engaged in the marketing of knitting, dyeing and finishing equipment.
From July 1994 to March 1996, he was Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of Lida, Inc. of Charlotte, North Carolina, a manufacturer of
stretch fabrics and printed products for the women's wear and the active wear
markets. From January 1990 to July 1994, he was President of the Knit Fabrics
Division of Dixie Yarns, Inc. in Gastonia, North Carolina, engaged in knitting
and marketing fabrics. For 14 years prior to 1990, Mr. McCamy held various
management positions with West Point Pepperell, Inc.
Mr. Huntley was Executive Vice President of Newton Transportation
Company, Inc., Lenoir, North Carolina, from 1986 until March 31, 1996.
Newton Transportation Company, Inc. is a long haul new furniture carrier.
Mr. Huntley serves as Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of Timberidge Lumber
Company, a supplier of hardwood lumber to the furniture industry. He also has
business interests in other areas including real estate, fabric and furniture.
Mr. Huntley is licensed as a certified public accountant.
Mr. Dunn is retired. From 1978 to 1986 Mr. Dunn was Executive Vice
President and a member of the Board of Directors of E.F. Hutton and Company,
having responsibility for trading, marketing, research and syndication of
all fixed income products to institutional clients. From 1986 to 1991 Mr.Dunn
was Senior Managing Director with Bear Stearns and Company. From 1991 until
January 1995 Mr. Dunn was Managing Director of PaineWebber, Inc. In these
latter two positions, Mr. Dunn had responsibility for trading, marketing,
research and syndication of fixed income products to institutional clients
in the international market.
Mr. Aehsun Shaikh is a director a management position)of Nafees Cotton
Mills, Ltd. since 1993 and of Legler-Nafees Denim Mills, Ltd. since 1999.
Mr. Shaikh is the son of Humayun Shaikh, Chairman of the Board of the Company.
The Board of Directors of the Company met three times during the
fiscal year ended January 2, 1999. Mr. Huntley and Mr. Dunn attended all
meetings. Mr. Humayun Shaikh attended two of the meetings. Mr. McCamy attended
the two meetings occurring after he was elected to the board. Mr. Ahmed Shaikh
was unable to attend the meetings. All of the meetings occurred prior to the
time Mr. Aehsun Shaikh was a member of the board.
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The Board of Directors of the Company has two standing committees -
Audit and Compensation. The Board has no nominating committee. Mr. Huntley and
Mr. Dunn serve on the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. These
committees met once during the last fiscal year. Both members attended both
meetings. The duties of the Audit Committee are to review the work of the
Company's auditors and to confer with the auditors on matters concerning the
annual audit. The duties of the Compensation Committee are to review, and advise
the board on, the compensation of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company and the other executive officers of the Company.
STOCK OWNED BY OFFICERS
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As of March 12, 1999, the common stock of the Company (the only class
of equity securities of the Company) beneficially owned by the chief executive
officer, Humayun N. Shaikh, by the four most highly compensated executive
officers other than Mr.Shaikh, and by all officers and director nominees as a
group is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
Amount (Shares)
and Nature of Percent
Name/Group Beneficial Ownership of Class
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Humayun N. Shaikh 1,443,329 52.7 %
Chairman Indirect
Charles P. McCamy 100 0.00%
President Direct
Thomas I. Nail 6,000 0.22%
Vice President - Finance Direct
Richard F. Byers 6,000 0.22%
Vice President-Sales Direct
Jack M. Briggs 0 0.00%
Vice President-Manufacturing
All officers and director 1,582,529 57.7 %
nominees as a group (Direct and
(9 persons) Indirect)
</TABLE>
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
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All executive officers of the Company are serving until the next annual
meeting of directors and until their successors have been duly elected and
qualified. The current officers of the Company, in addition to Humayun N. Shaikh
and Charles P. McCamy, are as follows:
Thomas I. Nail (age 51) is Vice President-Finance of the Company,
having assumed that office a second time in June 1997. From March 1994 to June
1997, Mr. Nail was Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Alba
Waldensian, Inc., Valdese, North Carolina, a manufacturer of women's intimate
apparel and health products. From September 1987 to March 1994, Mr. Nail was
Vice President-Finance of the Company. Prior to 1987, Mr. Nail held accounting
and controller positions with several companies.
Richard F. Byers (age 59) is Vice President-Sales of the Company,
having assumed that office in December 1978. Mr. Byers served as production
control manager of the Company from 1968 to December 1978.
Jack M. Briggs (age 48) is Vice President-Manufacturing of the Company,
having assumed that office in September 1998. Mr. Briggs served as Technical
Director of the Company from September 1996 to January 1998 and as Director of
Manufacturing from January 1998 to September 1998. Prior to September 1996, Mr.
Briggs was a consultant to the textile industry, specializing in dyeing and
finishing from February 1995 to September 1996, and with Sara Lee Corporation in
a number of different positions related to dyeing and finishing, including
Director of Textiles for Champion Products, a division of Sara Lee Corporation,
from 1990 to 1995.
Pender R. McElroy (age 58) is Secretary of the Company, having assumed
that office in April 1981. Mr. McElroy is a member of the law firm of James,
McElroy & Diehl, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, legal counsel for the Company.
Michael B. Smith (age 42) is Assistant Secretary of the Company,
having assumed that office in May 1985. Mr. Smith has been employed by the
Company as a cost accountant since 1978.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
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All plan and non-plan compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to
the chief executive officer, Humayun N. Shaikh, and Charles P. McCamy and Thomas
I. Nail for the past three fiscal years is shown in the following table:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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Annual Compensation
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Other Annual All Other
Name and Salary Bonus Compensation Compensation
Principal Position Year ($) ($) ($) ($)
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Humayun N. Shaikh 1996 $150,000 0 0 0
Chairman and CEO 1997 $150,000 0 $288 0
1998 $210,000 0 $450 0
Charles P. McCamy 1996 0 0 0 0
President and COO 1997 $ 43,269 $12,500 $ 71 0
1998 $150,000 0 $450 0
Thomas I. Nail 1996 0 0 0 0
Vice President-Finance and 1997 $ 50,024 0 $567 0
CFO 1998 $103,000 0 $933 0
</TABLE>
There is no current executive officer of the Company whose total
annual salary and bonus during each of the last three fiscal years exceeded
$100,000, except for Humayun N. Shaikh, Charles P. McCamy and Thomas I. Nail.
Annual compensation exceeded that figure during each of the last three fiscal
years for Mr. Shaikh and during 1998 for Mr. McCamy and Mr. Nail. Mr. McCamy
joined the Company in September 1997, and Mr. Nail rejoined the Company in July
1997.
The category of Other Annual Compensation for Mr. Shaikh and Mr. McCamy
represents the annual premium on group life insurance for each of them on the
amount in excess of $50,000 of coverage and the nonbusiness portion of use of a
company owned automobile.
The Company has no long-term compensation arrangements with its
executive officers.
During 1996 and 1997, the Company paid Nafees Cotton Mills, Ltd.
$18,000 annually toward the expense of maintaining and operating an office for
the Company in Pakistan For the first six months of 1998, the amount paid was
$9,000. Effective July 1, 1998 the amount was increased to $2,000 per month, and
the total amount paid for the last six months of 1998 was $12,000. Mr.
Humayun N. Shaikh is a director of Nafees Cotton Mills, Ltd.
Directors who are employed by the Company are not compensated for
services as directors. Directors not employed by the Company receive $500
for each Board meeting or committee meeting attended. Mr. Humayun Shaikh
receives reimbursement for actual travel expenses incurred while traveling for
the Company.
Robert P. Huntley and William T. Dunn served as members of the
Compensation Committee of the Board during 1997. Neither was or is an officer or
employee of the Company.
Effective January 1, 1999, Mr.Dunn receives $40,000 per year,to be paid
quarterly,for consulting services to the Company in the areas of its operations.
Charles P. McCamy, President and Chief Operating Officer of the
Company, and the Company have entered into an agreement of employment under the
terms of which Mr. McCamy receives a base salary of $150,000.00 per year and a
bonus equal to a percentage of net profit after taxes ("NPAT") for each fiscal
year of the Company. The bonus is 1% of NPAT over $1,000,000.00 and under
$2,500,000.00; 1.5% of NPAT over $2,500,000.00 and under $4,000,000.00; and, 2%
of NPAT over $4,000,000.00 and under $6,000,000.00. The employment agreement
between the Company and Mr. McCamy provides that if the Company terminates his
employment without cause, he will receive severance pay equal to twelve months
of his base salary.
The policy of the Board of Directors for compensation of the Chief
Executive Officer and the other executive officers has been and is to compensate
those officers at a level as close to what the Board believes is competitive in
the industry for companies of comparable size and geographic location (the
piedmont area of North and South Carolina). Except for Mr. McCamy's bonus
arrangement, the Board does not tie company performance to the level of
compensation of the Chief Executive Officer or the other executive officers.
Robert P. Huntley
William T. Dunn
Members - Compensation Committee
COMPARATIVE SHAREHOLDER RETURN
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The graph which follows compares the yearly percentage change in the
Company's cumulative shareholder return on its common stock with the cumulative
total return of (a) all United States companies traded on the NASDAQ stock
market and (b) 30 companies traded on the NASDAQ stock market which carry NASDAQ
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 22, being companies producing
textile mill products (which is an index published by the Center for Research in
Security Prices of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business,
Chicago, Illinois.) A list of the 30 companies will be provided to any
shareholder upon written request.
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[Explanation of graph for purposes of electronic filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Original graph not filed electronically.]
The performance graph shows dollar figures from $0 through $600 along
the left side of the graph. Along the base of the graph, the starting point is
December 31, 1993, and the graph is divided into five main segments, each
representing the years from 1993 through 1997, and each of the five segments is
divided into 12 sections representing the twelve months of the year. There are
four lines on the graph:
(1) One line is a level undeviated line over the five-year period which begins
and ends at the $100 level.
(2) There is a solid line showing the total returns index for Burke Mills, Inc.
(3) A broken line showing the total returns index for all the U.S. companies on
the NASDAQ stock market.
(4) Another broken line showing the total returns index for 30 NASDAQ
stocks carrying the NASDAQ standard industrial classification code 22.
The legend on the graph indicates as follows:
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<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legend
CRSP Total Returns
Index for: 12/31/93 12/30/94 12/29/95 12/31/96 12/31/97 12/31/98
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Burke Mills, Inc. 100.0 272.7 227.3 254.5 209.1 200.0
NASDAQ Stock Market (U.S.
Companies) 100.0 97.8 138.3 170.0 208.3 293.5
NASDAQ Stocks
(SIC 2200-2299 U.S.
Companies)
Textile mill products 100.0 66.6 78.8 107.1 154.8 144.7
Notes:
A. The lines represent monthly index levels derived from compounded daily returns that include all dividends.
B. The indexes are reweighted daily, using the market capitalization on the previous trading day.
C. If the monthly interval, based on the fiscal year-end, is not a trading day, the preceding trading day is used.
D. The index level for all series was set to $100.00 on 12/31/93.
</TABLE>
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STOCK OPTIONS
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No officer or director of the Company was granted, exercised or
realized any stock appreciation rights, options, or warrants during the fiscal
year ended January 2, 1999.
DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY
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The proxy being solicited confers, and the holders of each proxy shall
have, discretionary authority to vote with respect to any of the following
matters:
(1) Matters which the persons making the solicitation do not know, a
reasonable time before the solicitation, are to be presented at the meeting.
(2) Approval of the minutes of the prior meeting but such approval
shall not amount to ratification of the action taken at that prior meeting.
(3) The election of any person to any office for which a bona fide
nominee is named in the proxy statement and such nominee is unable to serve or
for good cause will not serve.
(4) Any proposal omitted from the proxy statement and form of proxy
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 or Rule 14a-9 of the Rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(5) Matters incident to the conduct of the meeting.
RELATIONSHIP WITH INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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It has been the custom of the Company for the Board of Directors to
select the independent public accounting firm for the Company each year at its
annual meeting following the annual meeting of shareholders. Therefore, no
accounting firm is being recommended to or selected at this annual meeting of
shareholders. Cole, Samsel & Bernstein LLC, New York, New York, and Lodi, New
Jersey, is the independent public accounting firm for the Company. Cole, Samsel
& Bernstein LLC was the independent public accounting firm for the Company for
the fiscal year ended January 2, 1999. It is expected that a representative from
Cole, Samsel & Bernstein LLC will be present at the annual shareholders meeting.
That representative will have the opportunity to make a statement if he desires
to do so and is expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
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Jack M. Briggs was elected an officer of the Corporation on September
1, 1998. A Form 3 for Mr. Briggs was received by the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 30, 1998. Mr. Briggs does not own any securities of the
Company. From Mr. William T. Dunn, a director of the Company, a Form 4 for the
month of April 1998, involving purchase of 1,000 shares of stock of the Company,
was received by the Commission on July 22, 1998, and a Form 4 for the month of
May 1998, involving purchase of 1,000 shares of stock in the Company, was
received by the Commission on July 27, 1998. To the knowledge of the Company,
except as stated, all directors, officers and beneficial owners of more than ten
percent of the common stock of the Company and other persons required to so file
did file on a timely basis the reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
PROPOSALS OF SHAREHOLDERS
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Any proposals of shareholders intended to be presented at the 2000
annual meeting of the shareholders, now scheduled for May 16, 2000, must be
received by the Company for inclusion in the Company's proxy statement and form
of proxy relating to that meeting not later than December 31, 1999. Any such
proposal must be received at the principal executive offices of the Company.
FORM 10-K
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THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH PERSON SOLICITED,
UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF ANY SUCH PERSON, A COPY OF THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL
REPORT ON FORM 1O-K, INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SCHEDULES
THERETO, FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDED JANUARY 2, 1999. SUCH REQUEST SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THOMAS I. NAIL,
BURKE MILLS, INC., P. O. BOX 190, VALDESE, NORTH CAROLINA 28690.
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[Specimen of proxy card for purposes of electronic filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission]
BURKE MILLS, INC.
APPOINTMENT OF PROXY
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, May 18, 1999
The undersigned shareholder hereby appoints Humayun N. Shaikh, Chairman
of the Board of the Company, and Charles P. McCamy, President of the Company,
with full power of substitution, the lawful attorneys, agents and proxies of the
undersigned to vote all shares of Burke Mills, Inc. held by the undersigned,
cumulatively or not cumulatively, with respect to the election of directors, at
the Annual Meeting of its shareholders to be held at 2:00 P.M. on May 18, 1999,
at the executive offices of the Company in Valdese, North Carolina, and all
adjourned sessions thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would possess if
personally present at such meeting, and upon the following matters:
1. The election of the following persons who will be nominated to serve
as directors:
Humayun N. Shaikh Robert P. Huntley
Charles P. McCamy William T. Dunn
Aehsun M. Shaikh
INSTRUCTIONS: You May Withhold Authority To Vote For Any Nominee By
Lining Through Or Otherwise Striking Out The Name Of Any Nominee. If You Execute
This Proxy In Such A Manner As Not To Withhold Authority To Vote For The
Election Of Any Nominee, This Proxy Shall Be Deemed To Grant Such Authority.
2. Such other business and matters as may be brought before the meeting
or any adjournments thereof, including any matters which are not known or
anticipated a reasonable time before the solicitation.
The shares represented by this proxy will be voted as directed by the
shareholder. If the person solicited specifies that authority to vote for a
nominee for director be withheld, the shares will be voted in accordance with
such specification. If no direction is given, the shares will be voted FOR all
nominees for director. To be voted, the proxy must be received prior to the
meeting.
This Appointment of Proxy Confers Upon the Holders Discretionary
Authority To Vote On The Matters Specified In The Proxy Statement Under The
Heading "Discretionary Authority."
This Appointment of Proxy is Solicited By The Board of Directors Of The
Company.
Dated: , 1999
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Signature of Shareholder
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(Please Sign exactly as name appears on this proxy.
Executors, Trustees, etc. should give full title).
