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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 13, 2000
Registration No.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SUPERVALU INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 41-0617000
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
11840 Valley View Road
Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
SUPERVALU INC. 1997 Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Warren E. Simpson
Senior Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary
SUPERVALU INC.
11840 Valley View Road
Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344
(Name and address of agent for service)
(952) 828-4000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum Proposed maximum
Title of securities Amount to be offering price aggregate offering Amount of
to be registered registered price per share (1) price (1) registration fee
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Common Stock
($1.00 par value) 3,000,000 shares $ 14.59375 $ 43,781,250 $ 11,558.25
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and (c), based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Consolidated
Transaction Reporting System of the New York Stock Exchange on March 10,
2000.
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SUPERVALU INC. 1997 Stock Plan
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 bearing registration
number 333-24813, are incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Eden Prairie, State of Minnesota, on March 13,
2000.
SUPERVALU INC.
(Registrant)
By /s/ John P. Breedlove
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John P. Breedlove
Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on March 13, 2000.
Signature and Title
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Name Title
---- -----
/s/ Michael W. Wright Chairman of the Board, President,
- ------------------------------------ Chief Executive Officer and Director
Michael W. Wright (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Pamela K.Knous Executive Vice President and
- ------------------------------------ Chief Financial Officer
Pamela K. Knous (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
* Director
- ------------------------------------
Lawrence A. Del Santo
* Director
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Susan E. Engel
* Director
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Edwin C. Gage
* Director
- ------------------------------------
William A. Hodder
* Director
- ------------------------------------
Garnett L. Keith, Jr.
* Director
- ------------------------------------
Richard L. Knowlton
* Director
- ------------------------------------
Charles M. Lillis
* Director
- ------------------------------------
Harriet Perlmutter
* Director
- ------------------------------------
Steven S. Rogers
* Director
- ------------------------------------
Carole F. St. Mark
* By /s/ John P. Breedlove
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John P. Breedlove
Attorney-in-Fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. Page No.
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23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP. i
23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP ii
23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP iii
24 Powers of Attorney iv-v
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
We consent to the use of our reports incorporated herein by reference.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 13, 2000
i
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
SUPERVALU INC. on Form S-8 of the report of Deloitte & Touche LLP dated April
6,1998, appearing in and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on
Form10-K of SUPERVALU INC. for the year ended February 27, 1999.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche
Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 9, 2000
ii
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
SUPERVALU INC. (Form S-8) of our report dated June 15, 1999 with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Richfood Holdings, Inc. as of
May 1, 1999 and May 2, 1998 and for each of the three fiscal years in the period
ended May 1, 1999, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K of SUPERVALU INC.
dated September 10, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young
Richmond, Virginia
March 13, 2000
iii
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Michael W. Wright, David L. Boehnen and John P. Breedlove, and each of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities (including the undersigned's capacity
as a director and/or officer of SUPERVALU INC., to sign Registration Statements
on Form S-8 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of 3,000,000 shares of the Common Stock of SUPERVALU INC. for issuance under the
SUPERVALU INC. 1997 Stock Plan, and up to 45,000 shares of the Common Stock of
SUPERVALU INC. for issuance under the Richfood Holdings Inc. Non-Employee
Directors Stock Option Plan, and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statements, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
or about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of the 9th
day of February, 2000, by the following persons:
Name Title
---- -----
/s/ Michael W. Wright Chairman of the Board, President,
- ----------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer and Director
Michael W. Wright (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Pamela K.Knous Executive Vice President and
- ----------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Pamela K. Knous (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Lawrence A. Del Santo Director
- -----------------------------------
Lawrence A. Del Santo
/s/ Susan E. Engel Director
- -----------------------------------
Susan E. Engel
/s/ Edwin C. Gage Director
- -----------------------------------
Edwin C. Gage
/s/ William A. Hodder Director
- -----------------------------------
William A. Hodder
/s/ Garrett L. Keith, Jr. Director
- -----------------------------------
Garnett L. Keith, Jr.
iv
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/s/ Richard L. Knowlton Director
- -----------------------------------
Richard L. Knowlton
/s/ Charles M. Lillis Director
- -----------------------------------
Charles M. Lillis
/s/ Harriet Perlmutter Director
- -----------------------------------
Harriet Perlmutter
/s/ Steven S. Rogers Director
- -----------------------------------
Steven S. Rogers
/s/ Carole F. St. Mark Director
- -----------------------------------
Carole F. St. Mark
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