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CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS Del Monte Foods Company One Market San Francisco, CA 94105 415.247.3000 http://www.delmonte.com MAILING ADDRESS Del Monte Foods Company One Market, P.O. Box 193575 San Francisco, CA 94119-3575 ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of shareholders is Wednesday, November 15, 2000, at 2:00pm The Mark Hopkins Hotel One Nob Hill San Francisco, CA 94108 FORM 10-K The Company files an Annual Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K. Shareholders may obtain a copy of this report without charge by contacting: Investor Relations Del Monte Foods Company One Market, P.O. Box 193575 San Francisco, CA 94119-3575 415.247.3382 TRANSFER AGENT & REGISTRAR The Bank of New York Shareholder Relations Department-11E P.O. Box 11258 Church Street Station New York, NY 10286 800.524.4458 e-mail: Shareowner-svcs@bankofny.com http://stock.bankofny.com MARKET PRICE AND DISTRIBUTION Del Monte’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific Exchange under the symbol DLM. The common stock was first traded on the NYSE on February 5, 1999, concurrent with the underwritten initial public offering of 20,000,000 shares of Del Monte Foods Company common stock at an initial price to the public of $15.00 per share. As of July 31, 2000, there were approximately 320 holders of record of Del Monte’s common stock. The following table sets forth the high and low closing prices by quarter for the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999:
(1) For the period from February 5, 1999 to March 31, 1999. Del Monte has not paid any cash dividends since issuance of the common stock. The terms of Del Monte’s debt limit the ability of Del Monte’s subsidiaries to distribute cash or other assets, which could affect Del Monte’s ability to pay dividends or make other distributions on the common stock. INDEPENDENT AUDITORS KPMG LLP Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111 TRADEMARKS Del Monte, Contadina, Sunfresh, Fruit Cup, Snack Cups, Fruit Naturals, Orchard Select, Fruit Pleasures, FruitRageous, Can Do, Del Monte Lite, and Snap-E-Tom are registered trademarks of Del Monte Corporation. |
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