Exhibit (a)(1)(K)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ellen Beth Van Buskirk
COSMAIR, INC.
(212) 984-4528
COSMAIR EXTENDS TENDER OFFER FOR CARSON, INC.
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NEW EXPIRATION DATE IS JUNE 29, 2000
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NEW YORK (June 20, 2000) - Cosmair, Inc. announced today that it has extended
the expiration date for its cash tender offer for all outstanding Class A common
stock of Carson, Inc. (NYSE: CIC), at $5.20 net per share. The new expiration
date is Thursday, June 29, 2000 at 5:00 p.m. EST.
As of the close of business on Monday, June 19, approximately 9 million shares
of Carson's Class A common stock had been tendered (including 150,000 shares
tendered by guaranteed delivery), representing approximately 54 percent of the
outstanding Carson common stock on a fully diluted basis.
Cosmair has recently completed responding to a request for additional
information issued by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
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