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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
/ / Check this box if no longer STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
subject to Section 16. Form 4
or Form 5 obligations may Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a)
continue. See Instruction 1(b). of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1948
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
___Director /X/ 10% Owner
Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc. Delchamps, Inc. (NASDAQ-DLCH) ___Officer (give ___ Other (specify
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(last) (first) (middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement below)
Number of Reporting for Month/Year ___________________________________________
Person (Voluntary) 11/97 -------------------------------------------
1770 Ellis Avenue, Suite 200 ---------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
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(Street) Date of Original / / Form filed by One Reporting Person
(Month/Day/Year) /X/ Form filed by More than One
Jackson, MS 39204 Reporting Person
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(city) (state) (zip) Table 1 - Non-Derivative Securities, Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
*See Attachment A
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1. Title of Security 2. Tran- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship Form: of In-
Date Code Beneficially Direct (D) direct
(Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at End or Indirect Beneficial
(Month/ -------------------------------------------- of Month (I)(Instr. 4) Ownership
Day/ Code V Amount (A) (Instr. 3 (Instr. 4)
Year) or (D) Price and 4)
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Common Stock 11/4/97 J(1) 1,882,533 A $30.00 7,200,043 D N/A
per share
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or Type Response)
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[HEADING CUT OFF]
(e.g.) puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities
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Title of Deriva- 2. Conver- 3. Transaction 4. Transaction 5. Number of Derivative 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of
tive Security sion or Date Code Securities Acquired cisable and Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3) Exercise (Month/Day/ (Instr. B) (A) or Disposed of Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4)
Price of Year) (D) (Instr. 3, 4, Date
Deriva- and 5) (Month/Day/
tive Year)
Securi- ----------------------------------------
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Date Expira- Amount or
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Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares
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8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Derivative Form of Deri- Indirect
Security Securities vative Securi- Beneficial
(Instr. 5) Beneficially ty: Direct (D) Ownership
Owned at End or Indirect (Instr. 4)
of Month (I) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
1) Acquisition of common shares of Delchamps, Inc. pursuant to a merger of Delta
Acquisition Corporation ("Delta") with and into Delchamps, Inc. which was
preceded by a cash tender offer by Delta.
/s/ Michael E. Julian November 4, 1997
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Michael E. Julian Date
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Jitney-Jungle Stores of
America, Inc.
/s/ Bruce C. Bruckmann November 4, 1997
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Bruce C. Bruckmann Date
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., Inc.
Manager Director
** Signature of Reporting Person
Intentional mistatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 787(a)
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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Attachment A
Form 4
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Designated Files Date of Event Requiring Statement Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
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(Month/Day/Year)
Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc. 11/4/97 Delchamps, Inc. (NASDAQ-DLCH)
Additional Reporting Person(1)
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., Inc.
126 E. 56th Street - 29th Floor
New York, NY 10022
EIN # 13-38D7402
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By virtue of its majority common stock ownership of Jitney-Jungle Stores of
America, Inc. ("Jitney-Jungle"), Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., Inc.
("BRS") may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of common stock of
Delchamps, Inc. beneficially owned by Jitney-Jungle. However, the filing of
this Form 4 by BRS shall not be deemed an admission that BRS is a beneficial
owner of such shares of Delchamps, Inc.
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