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FORM 3
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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|1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(*)|2. Date of Event Requiring |4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| | Statement | |
| Food Lion, Inc. | (Month/Day/Year) | |
|------------------------------------------| | Hannaford Bros. Co. - HRD |
| (Last) (First) (Middle) | |-----------------------------------------------------------|
| | 8/17/99 |5. Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amendment, Date |
| P.O. Box 1330, 2110 Executive Drive |---------------------------| Person to Issuer | of Original |
|------------------------------------------|3. IRS Identification | (Check all applicable) | (Month/Day/Year) |
| (Street) | Number of Reporting | | |
| | Person, if an Entity |[ ] Director [X] 10% Owner | |
| | (Voluntary) | | |
| | |[ ] Officer [ ] Other (specify| |
| | | (give below) |-------------------------|
| | 56-0660192 | title below) | 7. Individual or Joint/ |
| Salisbury North Carolina 28145-1330 | | | Group Filing (Check |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| applicable line) |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | |
| | [X] Form Filed by |
| | One Reporting |
| | Person |
| | [ ] Form Filed by |
| | More than One |
| | Reporting Person |
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| TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED |
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|1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership Form: | 4. Nature of Indirect |
| (Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Direct (D) or | Beneficial |
| | (Instr. 4) | Indirect (I) | Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| | | (Instr. 5) | |
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| Common Stock, par value $.75 per share | (1) | (1) | (1) |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(*) If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security |2. Date |3. Title and Amount of |4. Conver- | 5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 4) | Exercisable and | Securities Underlying | sion or | ship | Beneficial Owner- |
| | Expiration Date | Derivative Securities | Exercise | Form of | ship (Instr. 5) |
| | (Month/Day/Year )| (Instr. 4) | Price of | Deriva- | |
| | | | Deriva- | tive | |
| | | | tive | Security:| |
| | | | Security | Direct | |
| |--------------------|--------------------------| | (D) or | |
| | Date | Expira- | | Amount or | | Indirect | |
| | Exercis-| tion | Title | Number of | | (I) | |
| | able | Date | | Shares | | (Instr. | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 17, 1999 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Food Lion, Inc.
("Food Lion"), Hannaford Bros. Co. ("Hannaford") and FL Acquisition Sub, Inc., Food Lion entered into a Voting Agreement with
certain stockholders of Hannaford (the "Stockholders") who are, collectively, the beneficial owners of 10,418,565 shares of the
Common Stock, par value $.75 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Hannaford, or approximately 24.7% of the outstanding Common Stock
of Hannaford, pursuant to which such Stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of approval of the Merger Agreement. Although Food
Lion may be deemed to share voting power with respect to the 10,418,565 shares of Common Stock, Food Lion has no "pecuniary
interest" (as defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) to report in the Common Stock and,
therefore, disclaims any beneficial ownership thereof.
FOOD LION, INC.
- ------------------------- By: /s/ Lester C. Nail August 25, 1999
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal ---------------------- ---------------
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Name: Lester C. Nail Date
Title: Vice President of
Note. File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. Legal Affairs
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Signature of Reporting Person
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