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From: SANFORD TELLER COMMUNICATIONS May 2, 2001
1365 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 717-0332
For: MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
3333 New Hyde Park Road
New Hyde Park, NY 11042
(516) 627-1515
www.mortons.com
Contact: THOMAS J. BALDWIN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP TO REVIEW UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL.
New Hyde Park, NY....Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. (NYSE:MRG) confirmed
that it had received an unsolicited proposal letter from BFMA Holding Corp.
seeking to negotiate the purchase of the Company. Allen J. Bernstein,
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Morton's Restaurant Group,
said, "We intend to give due consideration to the BFMA proposal, and have
retained Greenhill & Co., LLC to advise the Board in its deliberations. The
Company will respond in due course once the Board has concluded its
evaluation process."
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