
Dole Food Company, Inc. Announces Date For Special Meeting Of Stockholders
Westlake Village, California - February 14, 2003
Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE: DOL) today announced that it has set March 26, 2003 as the date of a special meeting of stockholders to vote on the previously announced merger agreement, under which David H. Murdock, Dole's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will acquire the approximately 76% of Dole's outstanding common stock that he and his family do not own for $33.50 per share in cash. February 5, 2003 has been set as the record date for the March 26, 2003 special meeting of stockholders. The special meeting of stockholders will be held at Dole's World Headquarters, One Dole Drive, Westlake Village, California, at 10:00 a.m., California time.
Dole Food Company, Inc., with 2002 revenues of $4.4 billion, is the world's largest producer and marketer of high-quality fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and fresh-cut flowers, and markets a growing line of packaged foods.