U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Edgar James R -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) Distinquished Fellow, University of Illinois Institute of Gov & Public Affairs 1007 W. Nevada -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Urbana IL 61801 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year October 30, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [_] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person [_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 5. 6. 4. Amount of Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship 3. Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7. 2A. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned Follow- Direct Nature of 2. Deemed Code ------------------------------- ing Reported (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction Execution (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date Date, if any ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. 10. Number Owner- of Deriv- ship ative Form 2. Secur- of Conver- 5. 7. ities Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In- cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct Price Trans- tion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing Re- (D) or Bene- 1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative ported In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ (Month 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ /Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to $7.80 10/30 A V 1,000 * 10/30 Common 1,000 4,000 D Purchase per 2002 2012 Stock Common share Stock, $.01 par value of Issuer** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: *The options will become exercisable in equal installments of 250 shares on each of October 30, 2003, October 30, 2004, October 30, 2005 and October 30, 2006 if Reporting Person remains a director of the issuer as of such dates. The foregoing excerise installments are cumulative and may be exercised in whole or in part. **Reflects options granted to the John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan. /S/Linda Crowley 10/31/02 ----------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date By: Linda Crowley, as attorney-in-fact for Gov. James R. Edgar per Power of Attorney dated February 1, 2001, a copy on file with the SEC ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(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. Page 2