------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number 3235-0104 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response ....... 0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ABRAHAMSON, JAMES R. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o THE MARCUS CORPORATION 250 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) MILWAUKEE, WI 53202 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) October 10, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol THE MARCUS CORPORATION (NYSE: MCS) ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [_] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) President and Chief Operating Officer of Baymont Inns, Inc. ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) October 17, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person [_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership From: 4. Nature of Indirect 1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Direct (D) or Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (I) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 132.39 (1) I By 401(k) Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond (Over) unless the form displays a currently valid OMB SEC 1473 (7-02) control number. FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 5. 3. Owner- Title and Amount of ship Securities Underlying Form of 2. Date Exer- Derivative Security 4. Deriv- cisable and (Instr. 4) Conver- ative Expiration Date --------------------------- sion or Security: 6. (Month/Day/Year) Amount Exercise Direct Nature of 1. Title of -------------------- or Price of (D) or Indirect Derivative Date Expira- Number Deri- Indirect Beneficial Security Exer- tion of vative (I) Ownership (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option Grant Date: 4/24/00 (2) 4/24/10 Common Stock 50,000 $10.3125 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option Grant Date: 6/28/00 (2) 6/28/10 Common Stock 50,000 $11.4375 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option Grant Date: 7/12/01 (2) 7/12/11 Common Stock 50,000 $14.05 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option Grant Date: 7/11/02 (2) 7/11/12 Common Stock 20,000(3) $15.55 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: (1) Balance reflects the most current data available with regard to holdings in the 401(k) Plan. (2) Options vest and become exercisable as follows: 40% after 2nd anniversary of the date of grant; 60% after 3rd anniversary; 80% after 4th anniversary; and 100% after 5 years. (3) Due to a clerical error, the Form 3 executed on October 17, 2002 mistakenly reported the amount of derivative securities beneficially owned as 40,000. The actual amount of derivative securities beneficially owned is 20,000. JAMES R. ABRAHAMSON ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ Ralph J. Gundrum 01/28/03 ------------------------------------- ---------- See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date By Ralph J. Gundrum, attorney-in-fact Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. 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