SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
of the Exchange Act of 1934
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FILING BY:
Chock full O'Nuts Corporation
(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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October 11, 1999
Jane A. Sample
Churchill Communications Corp.
Sample Mailgram
123 Main Street
Anywhere, NY 12345-1234
Dear Shareholder:
The October 15, 1999 Special Meeting of Shareholders of Chock full o'Nuts
Corporation is just several days away. As of today, we have not yet received
your vote.
It is important that you respond promptly if your vote is to be received in
time to be counted at the Special Meeting.
If you have any questions about the information contained in the proxy
statement that was previously mailed to you, please call our proxy solicitor,
The Altman Group, Inc., toll-free at (800) 206-0007.
If you wish to vote your shares you may do so by telephone. Simply follow
the instructions that are provided below.
Sincerely,
/s/ Marvin I. Haas
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Marvin I. Haas
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chock full o'Nuts Corporation
TOLL-FREE PROXYGRAM OPERATORS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE COMPANY
ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST YOU NOW!!!
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. Call Toll-Free 1-800-437-7699 between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight eastern
time.
2. Tell the operator that you wish to send a collect ProxyGram to ID No. 8362,
Chock full o'Nuts Corporation.
3. State your name, address and telephone number.
4. State the bank or broker at which your shares are held and your control
number as shown below:
Name: NA.1
Broker: Broker
Control Number: ControlNum
Number of Shares: NumShares
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CHOCK FULL O'NUTS CORPORATION
THIS PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1999
The undersigned hereby appoints Marvin I. Haas and Howard M. Leitner, and
each of them with full power to act alone, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and proxies of the undersigned to vote all shares of common stock of Chock full
o'Nuts Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Company"), held by the
undersigned, with full power of substitution, with the same force and effect as
the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present, at the special
meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held at The Chase Manhattan Bank,
11th Floor, Room A, 270 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017, on Friday, October
15, 1999, at 1:00 p.m. (local time), and at any and all adjournments or
postponements thereof, as follows:
THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR"
THE ADOPTION OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT.
1. Adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 8, 1999 (the
"Merger Agreement"), by and among Sara Lee Corporation, CFN Acquisition
Corporation, and the Company.
( ) FOR ( ) AGAINST ( ) ABSTAIN
2. OTHER MATTERS: Discretionary authority is hereby granted with respect to
such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof.
THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED
HEREIN. IF THIS PROXY IS SUBMITTED, BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED "FOR" THE ADOPTION OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT.
IMPORTANT: Please give your name to the operator exactly as it appears hereon.
When signing as attorney, agent, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or
corporate officer, please give your full title as such. Each joint owner should
sign the proxy.
If executed by a partnership, this proxy should be signed by an authorized
person.
