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1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Filed by the Registrant [X] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ] Check the appropriate box: [ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement [ ] Confidential, for use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) [ ] Definitive Proxy Statement [ ] Definitive Additional Materials [X] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-11(c) or Section 240.14a-12 Venator Group, Inc. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, of other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): [X] No fee required. [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5) Total fee paid: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. (1) Amount previously paid: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Filing Party: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Date Filed: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS (FURNISHED PURSUANT TO RULE 14a-11(b)(2) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934) Venator Group, Inc. (the "Company") and certain other persons named below may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the 1999 annual meeting of shareholders. The participants in this solicitation may include the directors of the Company (J. Carter Bacot, Purdy Crawford, Roger N. Farah, Philip H. Geier Jr., Jarobin Gilbert Jr., Dale W. Hilpert, Allan Z. Loren, Margaret P. MacKimm, John J. Mackowski, James E. Preston and Christopher A. Sinclair), the following executive officers of the Company: Gary M. Bahler (Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary), M. Jeffrey Branman (Senior Vice President - Corporate Development), John E. DeWolf III (Senior Vice President - Real Estate), S. Ronald Gaston (Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer), John F. Gillespie (Senior Vice President - Human Resources), Bruce L. Hartman (Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer), Maryann M. McGeorge (Senior Vice President - Merchandise Operations), John H. Cannon (Vice President and Treasurer) and Lauren B. Peters (Vice President and Controller), and the following other members of management and employees of the Company: Juris Pagrabs (Vice President - Investor Relations), Frances E. Trachter (Vice President - Public Affairs) and Sheilagh M. Clarke (Counsel and Assistant Secretary). As of the date of this communication, none of the foregoing participants individually own in excess of 1 percent of the Company's Common Stock or in the aggregate in excess of 2 percent of the Company's Common Stock.