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Committee of Concerned Dairy Mart Shareholders – ‘DEFN14A’ for 5/25/00 re: Dairy Mart Convenience Stores Inc

On: Friday, 5/5/00, at 5:15pm ET · For: 5/25/00 · Accession #: 950120-0-106 · File #: 0-12497

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 5/05/00  Committee of Concer… Shareholders DEFN14A     5/25/00    1:28K  Dairy Mart Convenience Stores Inc Thelen LLP/FA

Definitive Non-Management Proxy Solicitation Material — Non-Contested Solicitation — Schedule 14A
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 1: DEFN14A     Definitive Proxy Statement                            13     46K 

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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act       
of 1934                                                                         

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Check the appropriate box:                                                      

[ ]  Preliminary Proxy Statement                                                
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[ ]  Definitive Additional Materials                                            
[ ]  Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12              

 Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Committee of Concerned Dairy Mart Shareholders
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 (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant

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COMMITTEE OF
 CONCERNED DAIRY MART SHAREHOLDERS

 PROXY STATEMENT

IN OPPOSITION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF

 DAIRY MART CONVENIENCE STORES, INC.

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD MAY 25, 2000

INTRODUCTION

       This Proxy Statement and BLUE proxy card are being furnished by the
Committee of Concerned Dairy Mart Shareholders in connection with its           
solicitation of proxies to be used at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the   
"Meeting") of Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc. (the "Company") and at any    
adjournments thereof. The Meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time on May  
25, 2000 at the offices of the Company, One Dairy Mart Way, 300 Executive       
Parkway West, Hudson, Ohio.                                                     

        The Committee of Concerned Dairy Mart Shareholders (the "Committee")
is comprised of Messrs. Frank Colaccino, Stephen N. Krevalin, Laurence D.       
Landry, Denis Newman, Andrew Niss, John M. O'Brien, III, John L. Ritter, and    
Donald K. Wilson, Jr., each of whom is also a Committee nominee for election as 
a director of the Company. The Chairman of the Committee is Mr. Frank Colaccino.

          The Meeting is held pursuant to applicable provisions of the Company's
Bylaws and pursuant to a Stipulation and Agreement of Compromise, Settlement and
Release, dated November 8, 1999 (the "Settlement Agreement") reached in         
connection with legal proceedings commenced by shareholders against certain of  
the current officers and directors of the Company (including Messrs. Stein,     
Landry, Barrett and Everets, who are among management's nominees for director), 
alleging breaches of such directors' fiduciary duties to the Company and the    
stockholders under the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Settlement         
Agreement, which was entered into without any admission or denial of a breach of
fiduciary duty, provides, among other things: (i) for the payment of $2,000,000 
on behalf of the defendant directors; (ii) for the elimination of separate      
classes of stock with unequal voting rights (thus eliminating management's      
substantial voting control of the Company and making a proxy contest possible); 
and (iii) for the holding of an Annual Stockholders' Meeting on or before May   
31, 2000. The $2,000,000 payment was made by the Company's insurance carrier. On
February 8, 2000, the stockholders approved the elimination of the separate     
classes of stock, combining the classes into a single class of Common Stock,    
$.01 per value (the "Common Stock").                                            

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 THE COMMITTEE

  The Committee believes that the current Board of Directors and
Management have not adequately served the interests of the Company and its      
stockholders. The Committee seeks to replace the entire Board of Directors with 
a new Board of Directors (the "New Board"), as hereinafter described. The       
Committee expects that the New Board will appoint Mr. Colaccino as President and
Chief Executive Officer, replacing Mr. Robert Stein.                            

        The Committee was formed on or about April 1, 2000, primarily as the
result of Mr. Colaccino's efforts in identifying persons whom he believed to    
have the experience and judgment to provide effective leadership for the        
Company. Mr. Colaccino, a long-time stockholder of the Company and who was the  
President of the Company from 1988 to 1994, has been concerned with the negative
performance by current management of the Company for more than one year. To     
date, all expenses of the Committee have been borne by Mr. Colaccino. Neither   
Mr. Colaccino nor the Committee has offered any specific inducement to the      
members of the Committee in respect of their service on the Committee or        
nomination as directors. No indemnification arrangements have been made to date;
it is assumed that the Nominees, if elected, will be entitled to the            
indemnification arrangements in place for the current Board of Directors. The   
address of the Committee is c/o The Colvest Group. Ltd., Suite 208, 360         
Bloomfield Avenue, Windsor, CT 06095.                                           

      Under Mr. Colaccino's leadership, the New Board (to consist of the
Committee's members) intends to seek increased stockholder value by (i) taking  
steps necessary to increase both short and long term financial performance, and 
(ii) seeking appropriate business partners for the Company, including the       
possible sale of the Company. Other than to replace senior management, the      
persons who will constitute the New Board have not adopted or committed to any  
formal or specific plan for the Company and no assurances can be given that the 
Company's financial performance will be improved by the election of the New     
Board and replacement of senior management. The New Board has not identified any
specific business partner and no assurances can be given that an appropriate    
business partner will be identified.                                            

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       The New Board will also review existing provisions of the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation and Shareholder Rights Agreement regarding business
combinations, with a view to recommending changes as necessary to better serve  
the interests of the stockholders.                                              

         Management of the Company is also soliciting proxies for the election
of its slate of nominees. Reference is made to management's proxy statement for 
information concerning management's nominees, the executive officers of the     
Company, executive compensation, interests of management in certain             
transactions, securities ownership of management and certain other beneficial   
owners.                                                                         

      YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED A PROXY CARD FROM THE COMPANY. PLEASE RETURN
ONLY THE COMMITTEE'S BLUE PROXY CARD, AND DO NOT RETURN THE COMPANY'S PROXY     
CARD. IF YOU RETURN BOTH PROXY CARDS, THERE IS A DANGER THAT YOUR SHARES WILL   
NOT BE VOTED AS YOU DESIRE BECAUSE ONLY THE LATEST-DATED PROXY CARD WILL BE     
VOTED.                                                                          

 INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING SECURITIES

       At the close of business on April 11, 2000, the record date for the
Meeting, the Company had outstanding 4,895,594 shares of Common Stock. Each     
share has one vote. Unless the context otherwise indicates, the term "Company"  
refers to Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc. The Company's principal executive 
offices are located at One Dairy Mart Way, 300 Executive Parkway West, Hudson,  
Ohio.                                                                           

         All stockholders of record at the close of business on April 11, 2000
are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting. This Proxy Statement and  
the Committee's BLUE proxy card are expected to be mailed to stockholders on or 
about May 3, 2000. The stock transfer books will not be closed. The holders of a
majority of the shares entitled to vote at the Meeting must be present in person
or represented by proxy in order to constitute a quorum and thereby permit a    
vote on all matters to come before the Meeting. Shares of Common Stock present  
in person or by proxy at the Meeting but not voting will be counted as present  
for purposes of determining a quorum for the transaction of business.           

      Any proxy, if received in time for voting and not revoked, will be
voted at the Meeting in accordance with the directions of the stockholder.      
Signing, dating and delivering the Committee's proxy card will revoke any       
previously dated proxy. Any stockholder giving a proxy has the power to revoke  
it in person or by a writing delivered to; The Committee of Concerned Dairy Mart
Shareholders, c/o Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., 17 State Street,   
New York, New York 10004, at any time before it is exercised, by delivering a   
duly executed proxy bearing a later date or by voting in person at the Meeting. 
Attendance at the Meeting will not in and of itself constitute a revocation.    

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          Based on documents filed by management, the Meeting has been called to
elect eight directors and to transact such other business as may come before the
Meeting or any adjournment thereof. The Committee does not know of any matters  
which will be brought before the Meeting other than the election of directors;  
however, if any other matter properly comes before the Meeting, it is intended  
that the persons named in and acting under the enclosed form of proxy, or their 
substitutes, will vote on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.  
Action on any such other matter is approved by a majority vote of the           
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company present and entitled to vote  
at the Meeting.                                                                 

          Your vote is important, no matter how many or how few shares you hold.
If your shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank or nominee, only  
they can vote your shares and only upon receipt of your instructions.           
Accordingly, please return the BLUE proxy card in the envelope provided by your 
bank, broker or nominee or contact the person responsible for your account and  
give instructions for such shares to be voted for the Committee's nominees.     

       If you have any questions or need assistance in voting, please call
Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., toll-free at 1-800-223-2064.         

THE COMMITTEE'S NOMINEES FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS

          Eight directors are to be elected at the meeting, to hold office until
the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been    
elected and shall have qualified. The Committee is proposing the following slate
of directors in opposition to incumbent management:                             

Frank Colaccino                                   
Stephen N. Krevalin                               
Laurence D. Landry                                
Denis Newman                                      
Andrew Niss                                       
John M. O'Brien, III                              
John L. Ritter                                    
Donald K. Wilson, Jr.                             

       The members of the Board of Directors are elected by a plurality of
the shares present or represented at the Meeting and voting on the election of  
directors.                                                                      

      Unless otherwise instructed, shares represented by the Committee's
proxies will be voted for the election of the nominees listed above, none of    
whom is a member of the present Board of Directors. Each nominee has consented  
to serve as a director if elected. If for any reason any of these nominees      
should fail to be a candidate, the proxies solicited by the Committee will be   
voted in favor of the remainder of those named and for substitute nominees      
selected by the Committee. There are no arrangements or understandings between  
any nominee and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a nominee.

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 INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMMITTEE'S NOMINEES

        The table below, including the notes thereto, sets forth each of the
Committee's nominees for election as a director (based on information supplied  
by them), his name, age and principal occupation or employment during the past  
five years. Each of such persons has been engaged in the principal occupation,  
including, where applicable, job title, for at least the past five years, unless
otherwise set forth in a note to the table.                                     

Name and Business Address          Principal Occupation                    Age  
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Frank Colaccino                    President,                              50   
360 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 208   The Colvest Group, Ltd.                      
Windsor, CT 06095                                                               

Stephen N. Krevalin                Attorney/Principal                      48   
Bacon & Wilson P.C.                Bacon & Wilson, P.C.                         
33 State Street                                                                 
Springfield, MA 01103                                                           

Laurence D. Landry                 President,                              60   
5 Ridge Road                       Woods at Wilbraham LLC                       
Hampden, MA 01036                  Real Estate Developer                        

Denis Newman                       Managing Director                       69   
MidMark Associates                 MidMark Associates                           
466 Southern Blvd.                 Equity Fund Manager                          
Chatham, NJ 07078                                                               

Andrew Niss                        Private Investor                        51   
1325 E. Lake Drive                                                              
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33366                                                       

John M. O'Brien, III               Certified Public Accountant             50   
J.M. O'Brien & Company, PC         J.M. O'Brien & Company, PC                   
1350 Main Street                                                                
Springfield, MA 01103                                                           

John L. Ritter                     Executive Vice President                44   
First New England Capital          First New England Capital                    
100 Pearl Street                   Limited Partnership                          
Hartford, CT 06103                                                              

Donald K. Wilson, Jr.              Management Consultant                   64   
Green & Wilson Associates          Green Wilson & Associates                    
201 Ann Street                                                                  
Hartford, CT 06103                                                              

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Mr. Colaccino has been President and Chief Executive Officer of The Colvest     
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Group, Ltd. since its formation in 1994. The Colvest Group, Ltd. is engaged in  
the business of purchasing and managing its own portfolio of commercial real    
estate as well as venture capital investing and investing in public companies.  
From 1988 to August, 1994, Mr. Colaccino was the President of the Dairy Mart    
Convenience Stores, Inc. Mr. Colaccino is a member of the Board of Directors of 
the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly called the National 
Conference of Christians and Jews) (since 1997) and the Board of Trustees of    
American International College (since 1998). He was Vice Chair of the National  
Association of Convenience Stores in 1994 and 1995 and a member of the Board of 
Trustees of Western New England College from 1992 to 1995.                      

Mr. Krevalin has been a principal of the Springfield, Massachusetts law firm of 
------------                                                                    
Bacon & Wilson, P.C. for more than the past five years. He is a graduate of     
American University, Washington, D.C., and New England School of Law, Boston,   
Massachusetts. He has been a lecturer for Massachusetts Continuing Legal        
Education. Mr. Krevalin serves on the Board of The Center Redevelopment         
Corporation and is the current Chairman of the Board of Jewish Geriatric        
Services Health Care System in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.                       

Mr. Landry has been President of Woods at Wilbraham LLC, a real estate          
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development firm since 1998. In addition, Mr. Landry manages a portfolio of     
personal investments. Prior to 1998 and for approximately 25 years, Mr. Landry  
was President of Landry Lyons Whyte Company, a Real Estate Brokerage firm; such 
firm was sold in 1998. Mr. Landry is not related to Gregory G. Landry, one of   
management's nominees.                                                          

Mr. Newman has been Managing Director of MidMark Associates, the general partner
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of several private equity funds aggregating in excess of $100,000,000, since    
1988. Prior to 1988, Mr. Newman was President and a Director, Inc. of the       
Dunmore Group, Inc., a merchant bank, and from 1954 through 1987 Vice President,
Senior Vice President and Managing Director of First Boston Corporation. He is a
Director of Vertex Interactive, Inc.(NASDAQ). Mr. Newman is a graduate of Yale  
College (A.B. 1952) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A. 1954)                   

Mr. Niss has been primarily engaged in managing a portfolio of private          
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investments since 1997. For more than 15 years prior thereto, Mr. Niss was      
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and the sole stockholder of the Stonington    
Corporation, a closely-held manufacturer of paper tubes and cores. In 1997, Mr. 
Niss negotiated the sale of Stonington Corporation to Sonoco Products, Inc.     
Since 1997, Mr. Niss has been managing his personal real estate holdings and    
stock portfolio.                                                                

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Mr. O'Brien has been a co-owner of the certified public accounting firm, J.M.   
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O'Brien & Company, PC for more than the last five years. Prior to forming his   
own firm, he was a tax partner and manager with Coopers & Lybrand from 1980 to  
1991. Mr. O'Brien graduated magna cum laude from Western New England College    
with a BSBA in Accounting and received his Masters Degree in Taxation, with     
honors, from the University of Hartford. He is a member of the Massachusetts    
Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified 
Public Accountants. Mr. O'Brien is a member of the Executive Committee and Board
of Trustees at Western New England College and is a past Chairman of the Town of
Hampden Finance Committee. He also serves on the board of advisors to several   
closely-held businesses.                                                        

Mr. Ritter has been Executive Vice President of First New England Capital       
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Limited Partnership, a venture capital and mezzanine financing company in       
Hartford, Connecticut, for more than the past five years. Prior to co-founding  
First New England Capital in 1987, Mr. Ritter was a practicing attorney. He     
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Macalester College, a Master of Arts in    
Religion from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from the University of         
Connecticut School of Law. Mr. Ritter serves on the Board of Directors of       
various privately-held corporations, including Linton Truss Corporation, Statis 
Corporation, Inc., Vanguard Modular Building Systems, Inc., Pratt-Read          
Corporation and Ron Weber & Associates, Inc.                                    

Mr. Wilson has been a partner of Green, Wilson & Associates, management         
----------                                                                      
consultants, Hartford, Connecticut, since 1998. From 1994 until December 31,    
1998, Mr. Wilson was a consultant with American Phoenix Corporation of          
Connecticut (an insurance brokerage company). In 1994, he retired as Executive  
Vice President from The Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance and Inspection Company  
which he had served in various capacities since 1962. He is a Director of       
Spencer Turbine Company, Salient 3 Communications, Inc. and Mechanics Savings   
Bank.                                                                           

         Each of the Committee's nominees has consented to being named in this
Proxy Statement. Except as noted below, no Participant or Committee Nominee has 
entered into any agreement or understanding with any person respecting (i) any  
future employment by the Company or (ii) any transactions to which the Company  
or any of its affiliates is or may be a party. Although there is no binding     
commitment, it is expected that if the New Board is elected, Mr. Colaccino will 
be appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. There 
is no agreement or understanding regarding the compensation or other terms of   
Mr. Colaccino's employment by the Company. There are no contracts, arrangements 
or understandings by any Participant or Committee nominee within the past year  
with any person with respect to any capital stock of the Company.               

        There are no Participants with respect to this Proxy Statement other
than the members of the Committee, each of whom is also a nominee of the        
Committee. None of such persons has been convicted in a criminal proceeding     
(other than traffic violations and other minor offenses) within the past ten    
years.                                                                          

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      Mr Colaccino led Dairy Mart from 1988 to 1994. During that time he
transitioned the Company from an acquisition mode to a focus on operational     
performance and achieved record profits for the Company. Following Mr.          
Collaccino's disagreements with the Company's then Chairman and founder, Charles
Nirenberg, Messrs. Stein and Landry and Mitchell Kupperman (Mr. Nirenberg's     
son-in-law), as to the direction and the control of the Company, the Board of   
Directors terminated Mr. Colaccino's employment on August 24, 1994. At that time
the Board of Directors consisted of seven persons, including Messrs. Stein,     
Landry, as well as Frank W. Barrett and John W. Everets (who are current        
directors and management nominees for director). Legal proceedings relating to  
the foregoing disagreement were commenced by the Company against Mr. Colaccino  
in Connecticut Superior Court and by Mr. Colaccino against the Company in the   
Delaware Court of Chancery. These proceedings were resolved pursuant to a       
settlement agreement dated as of January 27, 1995, at which time Mr. Colaccino  
resigned as a director. Other than Mr. Colaccino, no members of the Committee   
(the New Board) were identified in, or became parties to, such litigation.      

 SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
THE COMMITTEE'S NOMINEES

The following table, including the notes, sets forth certain
information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock at 
May 1, 2000 by each nominee for director nominated by the Committee. Except as  
noted below, no other member of the Committee has purchased or sold securities  
of the Company within the past two years. All of such shares are owned directly 
and none of such shares are owned by associates or affiliates of any of such    
nominees.                                                                       

Name of Nominee          Number of Shares    Date Acquired      Percent of Class
---------------          ----------------    -------------      ----------------
Frank Colaccino          127,525                  (1)                 2.6%      
Stephen N. Krevalin          200             April 14, 2000           (3)       
Laurence D. Landry       119,500                  (2)                 2.4%      
Denis Newman               5,000             April 26, 2000           (3)       
Andrew Niss                  200             April 17, 2000           (3)       
John M. O'Brien, III       5,000             April 14, 2000           (3)       
John L. Ritter               500             April 18, 2000           (3)       
Donald K. Wilson, Jr.        500             April 17, 2000           (3)       

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(1) Of such shares, Mr. Colaccino purchased 11,000 shares on
April 15, 1999, 1,650 shares on August 16, 1999, 2,000 shares on March 2,       
2000, 18,000 shares on April 15, 2000, and the balance at varying times         
more than one year ago.                                                         

       (2) Of such shares, Mr. Landry purchased 11,300 shares on April 18,
2000 and 50,000 shares on April 19, 2000. Mr. Landry sold 1,800 shares on April 
28, 2000. The balance of Mr. Landry's shares were purchased at varying times    
more than one year ago.                                                         

(3) Less than 1%.                                           

       THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE HOLDERS OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE COMMITTEE'S NOMINEES, AND NOT VOTE IN FAVOR OF ANY OF THE  
MANAGEMENT NOMINEES.                                                            

 SOLICITATION EXPENSES

       Proxies will be solicited by the Committee or its nominees by mail,
telephone, facsimile, and personal solicitation. Banks, brokerage houses and    
other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries will be requested to forward the     
solicitation material of the Committee to their customers for whom they hold    
shares and the Committee will reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket 
expenses.                                                                       

        The Committee has retained Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc.
("Georgeson") for assistance in the solicitation of proxies, for which it will  
be paid a fee of up to $25,000 and will be reimbursed for its reasonable        
expenses in its solicitation of proxies. Approximately 10 persons will be       
utilized by Georgeson.                                                          

   The Committee estimates that total expenditures relating to the
solicitation and related litigation will be as much as $125,000. The Committee  
will seek reimbursement from the Company for all expenses incurred in connection
with the solicitation of proxies, but does not intend to seek stockholder       
approval for such reimbursement. To date the Committee has spent approximately  
$60,000 in connection with the solicitation of proxies and related expenses. All
of such expenses have been advanced by Mr. Frank Colaccino, the Chairman of the 
Committee.                                                                      

May 3, 2000                                                                     

                                COMMITTEE OF CONCERNED DAIRY MART SHAREHOLDERS

                                        By:  Frank Colaccino, Chairman

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 DIARY MART CONVENIENCE STORES, INC.
 2000 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

 PROXY
[BLUE]

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF
THE COMMITTEE OF CONCERNED DIARY MART SHAREHOLDERS

PROXY for Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc. 
(the "Company") to be held on May 25, 2000 at 10:00 A.M. local time at the      
Company, One Dairy Mart Way, 300 Executive Parkway, Hudson, Ohio.               

  The undersigned hereby appoints Frank Colaccino and Richard T.
         Keppelman, or either one of them, with full power of substitution, as
        proxies of the undersigned to vote all shares of Common Stock of the
  Company that the undersigned would be entitled to vote if then
       personally present at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (including
adjournments) of the Company to be held on May 25, 2000. The
undersigned hereby revokes any previous proxies given by the
        undersigned with respect to all shares of the Company's Common Stock
owned by the undersigned.                                   

  (Please mark each proposal with an "X" in the appropriate box)

          (1) [      ] FOR the election of Frank Colaccino, Stephen N. Krevalin,
Laurence D. Landry, Denis Newman, Andrew Niss, John M. O'Brien, III, John L.    
Ritter and Donald K. Wilson, Jr. as directors (except as marked to the contrary 
below).                                                                         

[      ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY from all nominees.    

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(INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, write  
that nominee's name in the space provided above.)                               

         (2) In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such
other matters as may properly come before the meeting.                          

 (0 V E R)

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 PROXY

         THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED UPON THE PROPOSALS
LISTED ON THE OTHER SIDE HEREOF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN BY THE 
STOCKHOLDER. HOWEVER, IF NO INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR  
THE ELECTION OF ALL OF THE COMMITTEE'S NOMINEES, AND OTHERWISE ACCORDING TO THE 
COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.                                                    

   This proxy is to be voted for the Committee's nominees unless a
contrary vote is specified. It may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise 
in person or by a writing delivered to the Committee.                           

                       Dated:   May, ___, 2000

                                                                          (L.S.)
                                        ----------------------------------------
                          (Signature of Stockholder)

                                        Please sign exactly as your name appears
                                      on this card. Joint Owners should each
                sign personally.

                                   When signing as attorney, executor,
                                   administrator, trustee, guardian or
                                        corporate officer, please give your full
              title as such.

PLEASE DATE AND SIGN THIS PROXY AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE    
WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING.                                

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Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated by Reference

		Referenced-On Page
This ‘DEFN14A’ Filing	Date	First	Last	Other Filings

	5/31/00	3
For Period End:	5/25/00	3	12	DEF 14A, PRE 14A, PREN14A
Filed on:	5/5/00			DEFA14A, DFAN14A
	5/3/00	5	11
	5/1/00	10
	4/28/00	11		DEFA14A
	4/26/00	10
	4/19/00	11		PREN14A
	4/18/00	10	11	PREN14A
	4/17/00	10
	4/15/00	11
	4/14/00	10
	4/11/00	5
	4/1/00	4
	3/2/00	11
	2/8/00	3		DEFS14A
	11/8/99	3
	8/16/99	11
	4/15/99	11
	12/31/98	9
	1/27/95	10		8-K
	8/24/94	10
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Filing Submission 0000950120-00-000106 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Committee of Concerned Dairy Mart Shareholders – ‘DEFN14A’ for 5/25/00 re: Dairy Mart Convenience Stores Inc

On: Friday, 5/5/00, at 5:15pm ET · For: 5/25/00 · Accession #: 950120-0-106 · File #: 0-12497

Definitive Non-Management Proxy Solicitation Material — Non-Contested Solicitation — Schedule 14AFiling Table of Contents

Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated by Reference

Definitive Non-Management Proxy Solicitation Material — Non-Contested Solicitation — Schedule 14A
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