Il Fornaio Corporation
Ticker:ILFO 1000 Sansome Street, Suite 200
Exchange:NASDAQ-National Market San Francisco, CA 94111
Industry:Retail (SIC Code 5812) (415) 986-1505

Offering Information
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:3/19/97
U.S. Shares:1,500,000 Offer Date:9/18/97
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$9.00 - $10.50
Primary Shares:1,000,000 Offer Price:$11.00
Secondary Shares:500,000 Gross Spread:$0.77
Offering Amount: $14,625,000 Selling:$0.42
Expenses:$850,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:5,571,407

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Montgomery SecuritiesLead Manager (415) 627-2100
Alex. Brown & Sons IncorporatedCo-manager (410) 895-2700

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum
Bank's Law Firm: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Registrar/Transfer Agent: First National Bank of Boston

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
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Unaudited
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Sheet
12/29/96 12/29/96
Revenue:$60.75Assets:$34.85
Net Income:$1.45Curr Assets:
EPS:$0.32Liabilities:$11.92
Prior EPS:$1.00Curr Liabilities:
Cash Flow/Oper:$4.97Equity:$22.94
Cash Flow/Fin:Cash:
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Business Description
The company owns and operates 13 full-service, white tablecloth Italian restaurants serving creatively prepared, premium quality Italian cuisine based on authentic regional recipes. The company's restaurants offer an extensive menu, featuring house-made and imported pasta, poultry and game from a wood-fired rotisserie, meat and fresh fish from a charcoal grill, pizza from a wood-burning oven, soups, salads and desserts. The Il Fornaio dining experience is complemented by fresh, hand-made breads, pastries and other baked goods that are produced in the company's restaurants and five wholesale bakeries. Il Fornaio's wholesale bakeries also sell baked goods to quality grocery stores, specialty retailers, hotels and other fine restaurants. In addition, the company operates a retail market in each restaurant, which sells baked goods, prepared foods and a variety of Il Fornaio-brand products, allowing guests to recreate the Il Fornaio dining experience at home.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to finance the development of additional restaurants and for general corporate purposes.

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