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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO. __)*
DOMINICK'S SUPERMARKETS, INC.
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(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK
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(Title of Class of Securities)
257159103
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(CUSIP Number)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
APOLLO INVESTMENT FUND, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 2,927,591 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EACH 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
REPORTING
PERSON 0
WITH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
2,927,591 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,927,591 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES* [x]
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
16.9%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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</TABLE>
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
APOLLO INVESTMENT FUND III, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 2,668,412 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EACH 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
REPORTING
PERSON 0
WITH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
2,668,412 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,668,412 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES* [x]
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
15.5%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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</TABLE>
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS III, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 160,036 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EACH 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
REPORTING
PERSON 0
WITH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
160,036 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
160,036 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES* [x]
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
1.0%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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</TABLE>
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
APOLLO (U.K.) PARTNERS III, L.P.
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ]
(b) [X]
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
DELAWARE
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 99,142 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EACH 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
REPORTING
PERSON 0
WITH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
99,142 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
99,142 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
SHARES* [x]
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
0.6%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
PN
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</TABLE>
*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Item 1.
(a) Name of Issuer: Dominick's Supermarkets, Inc.
(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
505 Railroad Avenue
Northlake, Illinois 60164
Item 2.
(a) Name of Person Filing: Apollo Investment Fund, L .P.
Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P.
Apollo Overseas Partners III, L.P.
Apollo (U.K.) Partners III, L.P.
Apollo Advisors, L.P. is the managing general partner of
Apollo Investment Fund, L.P. Apollo Capital Management, Inc. is the general
partner of Apollo Advisors, L.P.
Apollo Advisors II, L.P. is the managing general partner of
Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P., Apollo Overseas Partners III, L.P. and Apollo
(U.K.) Partners III, L.P. Apollo Capital Management II, Inc. is the general
partner of Apollo Advisors II, L.P.
(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
Apollo Investment Fund, L.P.
c/o Apollo Advisors, L.P.
Two Manhattanville Road
Purchase, New York 10577
Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P.
Apollo Overseas Partners III, L.P.
Apollo (U.K.) Partners III, L.P.
c/o Apollo Advisors II, L.P.
Two Manhattanville Road
Purchase, New York 10577
(c) Citizenship: Delaware
(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock
(e) CUSIP Number: 257159103
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Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or
13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:
(a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the
Act
(b) [ ] Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(c) [ ] Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of
the Act
(d) [ ] Investment Company registered under section 8 of the
Investment Company Act
(e) [ ] Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject
to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund; see Section
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
(g) [ ] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Section
240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)
(h) [ ] Group, in accordance with Section
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H)
Item 4. Ownership
The information set forth in Items 5 through 11 on pages 2, 3,
4 and 5 of this Schedule is incorporated herein by reference.
Apollo Investment Fund, L.P. ("AIF") has sole voting and sole
dispositive power with respect to an aggregate of 2,927,591 shares of Common
Stock of the Issuer. Such amount includes 1,227,612 shares of Common Stock
which may be acquired upon conversion of 1,227,612 shares of Class B Common
Stock beneficially owned by AIF.
Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P. ("AIF III") has sole voting
and sole dispositive power with respect to an aggregate of 2,668,412 shares of
Common Stock of the Issuer. Such amount includes 1,118,940 shares of Common
Stock which may be acquired upon conversion of 1,118,940 shares of Class B
Common Stock beneficially owned by AIF III.
Apollo Overseas Partners III, L.P. ("Overseas") has sole
voting and sole dispositive power with respect to an aggregate of 160,036
shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. Such amount includes 67,100 shares of
Common Stock which may be acquired upon conversion of 67,100 shares of Class B
Common Stock beneficially owned by Overseas.
Apollo (U.K.) Partners III, L.P. ("UK") has sole voting and
sole dispositive power with respect to an aggregate of 99,142 shares of Common
Stock of the Issuer. Such amount includes 41,571 shares of Common Stock which
may be acquired upon conversion of 41,751 shares of Class B Common Stock
beneficially owned by UK.
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AIF, AIF III, Overseas and UK (collectively, the "Apollo
Entities"), Yucaipa Blackhawk Partners, L.P., Yucaipa Chicago Partners, L.P.
and Yucaipa Dominick's Partners, L.P. (collectively, the "Yucaipa Entities"),
BT Investment Partners, Inc., Chase Equity Associates, L.P., Crescent/Mach I
Partners, L.P., TCW Shared Opportunity Fund II, L.P., Bahrain International
Bank, E.C., Bankers Trust New York Corporation, BHF-Bank Aktiengesellschaft,
Continental Casualty Company, Fleet National Bank, FSC Corp., Indosuez
Dominick's Partners, L.P., International Nederlanden (U.S.) Capital Corporation
Midland Montagu Private Equity Inc. and OKGDB & Co. (all of the foregoing,
collectively, the "Stockholders"), and Dominick's Supermarkets, Inc. and
Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc. (the "Companies") are party to an Amended and
Restated Stockholders Agreement dated as of November 1, 1996 (the "Stockholders
Agreement").
As a result of the Stockholders Agreement, AIF, AIF III,
Overseas and UK may be deemed to constitute a group with the other
Stockholders. The Apollo Entities do not affirm the existence of such a group
and disclaim beneficial ownership of shares of Comon Stock beneficially owned
by any other Stockholder. Under the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the
Yucaipa Entities and the Apollo Entities are entitled to nominate certain
members to the boards of directors of the Companies and the parties thereto
have agreed to vote their shares in favor of such nominees. The Stockholders
Agreement also provides that the Apollo Entities and certain other stockholders
will have the right to participate in any bona fide transfer of the pecuniary
interests in Common Stock beneficially owned by the Yucaipa Entities and their
affiliates and, in certain circumstances, the Yucaipa Entities will have the
right to compel the participation of the Apollo Entities and other stockholders
in sales of all outstanding shares of stock of the Issuer.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit
10.18 to the Company's Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended November 2,
1996. To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, the Stockholders are the
beneficial owners of approximately 11,714,146 shares of Common Stock in the
aggregate. To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, such amount includes
approximately 5,279,549 shares of Common Stock which may be acquired upon
conversion of approximately 5,279,549 shares of Class B Common Stock
beneficially owned in the aggregate by the Stockholders.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of
the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of
more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ].
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
Not applicable.
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Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
Company.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
See item 4.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certification
This statement is not filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b);
therefore, the certification is not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct. In addition, by signing below, each of the undersigned
has agreed, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(f)(1), that this Schedule 13G is
filed on behalf of each of them.
Dated: February 13, 1997
APOLLO INVESTMENT FUND, L.P.
By: Apollo Advisors, L.P., its managing
general partner
By: Apollo Capital Management, Inc.,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Michael D. Weiner
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Name: Michael D. Weiner
Title: Vice President
APOLLO INVESTMENT FUND III, L.P.
By: Apollo Advisors II, L.P., its managing
general partner
By: Apollo Capital Management II, Inc.,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Michael D. Weiner
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Name: Michael D. Weiner
Title: Vice President
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APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: Apollo Advisors II, L.P., its managing general partner
By: Apollo Capital Management II, Inc., its General Partner
By: /s/ Michael D. Weiner
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Name: Michael D. Weiner
Title: Vice President
APOLLO (U.K.) PARTNERS III, L.P.
By: Apollo Advisors II, L.P., its managing general partner
By: Apollo Capital Management II, Inc., its General Partner
By: /s/ Michael D. Weiner
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Name: Michael D. Weiner
Title: Vice President
