Exhibit (a)(7)
[HUSSMANN LOGO]
M E M O R A N D U M
Hussmann Corporation
12999 St. Charles Rock Road
Bridgeton, MO. 63044-2483
(314) 298 6522
Fax (314) 298 5762
DATE: May 30, 2000
SUBJECT: Information Pertaining to the Letter of Transmittal to Tender
Shares of Hussmann International, Inc.
FROM: Burton Halpern
TO: Hussmann Employees
If you are a Hussmann stockholder you should have received a mailing consisting
of (1) Ingersoll-Rand's Offer to Purchase for Cash all of the Outstanding Shares
of Common Stock of Hussmann and (2) Hussmann's Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement. These documents explain the proposed transaction as well as
instructions for tendering your stock.
The procedure you should follow if you want to tender your shares depends on how
you hold them. If you are a record holder, because a stock certificate has been
issued in your name or because you hold your shares through Hussmann's direct
registration system (see below), you must complete the BLUE letter of
transmittal and return it to the depositary. If you hold your shares in "street
name" through a broker, bank or similar nominee, you must complete the YELLOW
instruction form and return to your broker, bank or similar nominee.
If you hold one or more Hussmann stock certificates, you should have received a
blue form headed LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Your name and address and the number of
shares which you own should appear in the box under DESCRIPTION OF SHARES
TENDERED. You should fill in the certificate number(s) and other information
requested in that box.
Inside the LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL you will notice two other boxes that are to be
completed ONLY if a check for the purchase price is to be payable to someone
other than the signer of the Letter of Transmittal [Special Payment
Instructions] or if a check is to be sent to someone other than the signer of
the Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than the one shown on the
Letter of Transmittal [Special Delivery Instructions].
The LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL must be signed in the box headed IMPORTANT - HOLDER(S)
SIGN HERE. Your signature does not need to be guaranteed by a financial
institution unless you fill
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out the special instructions or hold the share in a special account such as a
custodian or trustee. If that is required you will probably find that your bank
is quite familiar with this process and can readily provide that guaranty. Also
note that the SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 on the back of the form must be completed and
signed.
If you received your shares at the time of the spin-off of Hussmann from Whitman
Corporation, unless you requested a stock certificate, your shares were issued
by book entry. If your shares were left with the Company's Stock Transfer Agent,
First Chicago Trust Company of New York, you have DIRECT REGISTRATION SHARES,
and you should complete the box under that heading as well as the other boxes
described above. In the upper left-hand corner of DESCRIPTION OF SHARES TENDERED
is an account number which is the DRS Number.
The box headed BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER is applicable primarily to institutional
shareholders.
If your shares are held by your broker in street name you need only to complete
the yellow form sent to you by your broker and return the form to your broker.
Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc. is the Information Agent for the
tender offer. Please note that they can be contacted at (800) 223-2064. They
will be glad to answer any questions you may have and assist you in completing
the forms.
BH
