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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: December 1, 2001
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Robert Bosch GmbH
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Robert Bosch Platz 1
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(Street)
7039 Gerlingen-Schillerhoehe, Germany
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
December 10, 2000
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
Detection Systems, Inc.
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director
[X] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[ ] Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[X] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, par value $.05 per share 197,900 D
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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 5(b)
(v).
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
(Over)
Sec 1473 (3-99)
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FORM 3 (continued)
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TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Indirect
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Beneficial
Date ----------------------------------- Price of Deriv- Ownership
(Month/Day/Year) Deriv- ative (Instr. 5)
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or Security Direct
Date Expira- Title Number (D) or
Exer- tion of Indirect
cisable Date Shares (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Stock Option Agreement (1) (1) Common Stock, par 1,138,596 $18.00 I By: Bosch Security
value $.05 per share Systems Corporation,
a wholly owned
subsidiary
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Voting and Option Agreement (1) (1) Common Stock, par 586,758 $18.00 I By: Bosch Security
value $.05 per share Systems Corporation,
a wholly owned
subsidiary
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 10, 2000,
as amended (the "Merger Agreement"), between Robert Bosch GmbH, a limited
liability company organized under the laws of Germany (the "Parent"), and
Detection Systems, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company"), to which Bosch
Security Systems Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Purchaser"),
subsequently became a party, Parent and the Purchaser, pursuant to an Offer to
Purchase dated December 20, 2000, offered to purchase all outstanding shares of
common stock, par value $.05 per share (the "Shares"), of the Company at price
of $18.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of
Transmittal. As an inducement to Parent to enter into the Merger Agreement,
Parent and the Company have entered into a Stock Option Agreement dated as of
December 10, 2000 (the "Stock Option Agreement") pursuant to which, among other
things, the Company granted Parent an irrevocable option (the "Company Option")
to purchase, subject to certain conditions, up to 1,138,596 newly issued Shares
(the "Option Shares") at $18.00 per Share in cash.
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The Company Option is exercisable after January 2, 2001 and terminates upon
certain events as described in the Stock Option Agreement. Parent has assigned
its rights under the Stock Option Agreement to the Purchaser. A copy of the
Stock Option Agreement has been filed as Exhibit (d)(3) to the Schedule TO filed
by Parent and the Purchaser on December 20, 2000 and is incorporated herein by
reference. Additionally, as an inducement to enter into the Merger Agreement
with the Company, Parent has also entered into a Voting and Option Agreement
dated as of December 10, 2000 (the "Voting and Option Agreement") with certain
shareholders of the Company as to an aggregate of 586,758 Shares, pursuant to
which, among other things, such shareholders have granted parent an option to
purchase (the "Shareholder Option"), subject to certain conditions, all such
Shares at a price of $18.00 per Share. The Stockholder Option is exercisable
upon certain events as described in the Voting and Option Agreement. Parent has
assigned its rights under the Voting and Option Agreement to the Purchaser. A
copy of the Voting and Option Agreement has been filed as Exhibit (d)(4) to the
Schedule TO filed by Parent and the Purchaser on December 20, 2000 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
By: /s/ Georg Hanen December 20, 2000
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: /s/ Dr. Heiko Carrie December 20, 2000
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
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Joint Filer Information
Name: Bosch Security Systems Corporation
Address: c/o Coudert Brothers
Attn: Brian E. McGunigle, Esq.
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Designated Filer: Robert Bosch GmbH
Issuer & Ticker Symbol: Detection Systems, Inc. (DETC)
Date of Event: December 10, 2000
Signature: /s/ Gary Saunders Date: December 20, 2000
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