SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (Amendment No. ) --- 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 [x] Definitive Additional Materials [ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-1(c) or Rule 14a-12 IRT PROPERTY COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if 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. 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(1) Amount Previously Paid: -------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: -------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Filing Party: -------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Date Filed: -------------------------------------------------------------------- IRT PROPERTY COMPANY 200 GALLERIA PARKWAY, SUITE 1400 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30339 ---------------------------------------- PROXY SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 31, 2002 TO THE PROXY STATEMENT DATED APRIL 30, 2002 ---------------------------------------- To our Shareholders: IRT Property Company (the "Company") is delivering this Proxy Supplement (this "Proxy Supplement") to you to correct and update some of the information contained in the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 30, 2002 (the "Original Proxy Statement") that was previously delivered to you in connection with the Company's 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 30, 2002. Capitalized terms used but not defined in the Proxy Supplement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the related Original Proxy Statement. The following information supersedes and replaces in its entirety the table of the Original Proxy Statement entitled "Option Grants in Fiscal 2001": OPTION GRANTS IN FISCAL 2001 INDIVIDUAL GRANTS POTENTIAL REALIZABLE ------------------------------------- VALUE AT ASSUMED ANNUAL NUMBER OF % OF TOTAL RATES OF STOCK SECURITIES OPTIONS APPRECIATION FOR UNDERLYING GRANTED TO EXERCISE OR OPTION TERM OPTIONS EMPLOYEES BASE PRICE EXPIRATION ------------------------ NAME GRANTED (#) IN 2001 ($/SH) DATE 5% 10% -------------------------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ---------- ------------- --------- Incentive Stock Options Thomas H. McAuley 12,000 2.39% $ 8.313 1/2/11 $ 62,732 $158,976 James G. Levy 12,000 2.39% 8.313 1/2/11 62,732 158,976 W. Benjamin Jones, III 12,000 2.39% 8.313 1/2/11 62,732 158,976 Robert E. Mitzel 12,000 2.39% 8.313 1/2/11 62,732 158,976 E. Thornton Anderson 12,000 2.39% 8.313 1/2/11 62,732 158,976 Nonqualified Stock Options Thomas H. McAuley 74,212 (1) 14.79% $ 8.313 1/2/08 $ 251,135 $585,251 James G. Levy 13,313 (1) 2.65% 8.313 1/2/08 45,051 104,989 W. Benjamin Jones, III 15,168 (1) 3.02% 8.313 1/2/08 51,329 119,618 Robert E. Mitzel 15,168 (1) 3.02% 8.313 1/2/08 51,329 119,618 E. Thornton Anderson 8,133 (1) 1.62% 8.313 1/2/08 27,522 64,139(1) Includes a dividend equivalent feature as described in the Summary Compensation Table. This Proxy Supplement is being furnished by the Company as additional proxy material, in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Company's Board of Directors for the Company's 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and all adjournments or reconventions thereof. Please note that this Proxy Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Original Proxy Statement, including the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders distributed therewith and all information incorporated by reference therein. If you would like another copy of the Original Proxy Statement, please request a copy at the following address or telephone number: Investor Relations IRT Property Company 200 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1400 Atlanta, Georgia 30339 Telephone: (770) 955-4406 Facsimile: (770) 988-8773 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS /s/ W. Benjamin Jones III W. Benjamin Jones III Executive Vice President and Secretary