SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(AMENDMENT NO.__)
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MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
BFMA HOLDING CORPORATION
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PROXY SERVICES
51 MERCEDES WAY
EDGEWOOD, NY 11717
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Proxy solicited by
BFMA Holding Corporation
For the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of
MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT!
Dear Fellow Stockholder:
Since time is short and your vote at this year's Annual Meeting is so important,
we have established a method to enable you to vote via toll-free ProxyGram. To
be sure your vote is received in time, you are requested to vote using the
toll-free ProxyGram procedure. Please follow the simple steps below. We thank
you for your support.
TOLL-FREE PROXYGRAM OPERATORS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE COMPANY ARE
AVAILABLE TO ASSIST YOU NOW!!!
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Call Toll-Free 1-877-880-9547, anytime, day or night.
2. Tell the operator that you wish to send a collect ProxyGram to ID No. 8042,
Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc.
3. State your name, address and telephone number.
4. State the bank or broker at which your shares are held and your control
number as shown below:
Name: (NA.1)
Broker: (Broker)
Control Number: (ControlNum)
Number of Shares: (NumShares)
5. Give the operator your voting preferences, using the proxy text below.
MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
2001 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF BFMA HOLDING CORPORATION
AND NOT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OR MANAGEMENT OF MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
The undersigned appoints Richard A. Bloom, Charles W. Miersch and Logan
D. Delany, Jr. and each of them, attorneys and agents with full power of
substitution to vote, as designated below, all shares of common stock of
Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. (the "Company") which the undersigned would be
entitled to vote if personally present at the 2001 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of Morton's, and including at any adjournments or postponements
thereof and at any special meeting called in lieu thereof.
Unless contrary direction is given, this proxy will be voted for the
election of the nominees listed in proposals 1 through 3 and for proposal 4 to
ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditors of the Company for
the year ending December 29, 2001.
The undersigned hereby revokes any other proxy or proxies heretofore
given to vote or act with respect to the shares of common stock of Morton's held
by the undersigned, and hereby ratifies and confirms all action the herein named
attorneys and proxies, their substitutes, or any of them may lawfully take by
virtue hereof.
BFMA HOLDING CORPORATION RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE BFMA NOMINEES
1. ELECTION OF RICHARD A. BLOOM. To elect Richard A. Bloom to the
Board of Directors of Morton's;
( ) FOR ( ) WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
2. ELECTION OF LOGAN D. DELANY, JR. To elect Logan D. Delany,
Jr. to the Board of Directors of Morton's;
( ) FOR ( ) WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
3. ELECTION OF CHARLES W. MIERSCH. To elect Charles W. Miersch
to the Board of Directors of Morton's;
( ) FOR ( ) WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
4. RE-APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP. To re-appoint KPMG LLP, certified public
accountants, as Morton's independent auditors for the fiscal year
ending December 30, 2001;
( ) FOR ( ) WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
5. In their discretion, the herein named attorneys and proxies are
authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before
the Annual Meeting, of which such persons are not made aware with a
reasonable period of time prior to the Annual Meeting.
SECURITIES LAW LEGEND
A PROXY STATEMENT DATED APRIL 26, 2001 DESCRIBING BFMA'S SOLICITATION
OF PROXIES TO ELECT CLASS 3 DIRECTORS WAS PREPARED AND MAILED TO ALL
SHAREHOLDERS. YOU SHOULD READ THE PROXY STATEMENT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT
BFMA HOLDING CORPORATION, ITS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, INCLUDING RICHARD A.
BLOOM, LOGAN D. DELANY, JR., AND CHARLES W. MIERSCH. A COPY OF THE PROXY
STATEMENT AND OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY OR ON BEHALF OF BFMA AND FILED
WITH THE SEC ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE, EITHER AT THE WEB SITE OF THE SEC
(http://www.sec.gov) OR FROM BFMA BY WRITING TO: BFMA HOLDING CORPORATION, 50
EAST SAMPLE ROAD, POMPANO BEACH, FL 33064, ATTENTION: SECRETARY.