SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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DEXTER CORPORATION
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As filed with the Commission on February 14, 2000
INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS
(FURNISHED PURSUANT TO RULE 14A-12 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)
Dexter Corporation ("Dexter"), and the following persons named below
may be deemed to be "participants" in the solicitation of proxies from the
shareholders of Dexter in connection with the 2000 Annual Meeting of the
shareholders of Dexter. The participants in this solicitation may include
the directors of Dexter (K. Grahame Walker (Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Dexter), Charles H. Curl, Henrietta Holsman Fore, Bernard M.
Fox, Robert M. Furek, Martha Clark Goss, Edgar G. Hotard, Peter G. Kelly,
Jean-Francois Saglio and George M. Whitesides) and the following executive
officers of Dexter: Kathleen Burdett, Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer; David G. Gordon, President and Chief Operating Officer, John D.
Thompson, Senior Vice President, Strategic and Business Development; Bruce
H. Beatt, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Ronald C. Benham,
Vice President and President u Electronic Materials; John B. Blatz, Vice
President u Environmental and Process Management; John B. Lockwood, Vice
President u Taxes; Jeffrey W. McClelland, Vice President and President u
Adhesive and Coating Systems; Lawrence D. McLure, Vice President u Human
Resources; A. Duncan Middleton, Vice President and President u Nonwoven
Materials; Rosanne Potter u Treasurer; and Dale Ribaudo, Controller.
As of the date of this communication, none of the foregoing participants
individually own in excess of 1 percent of Dexter's Common Stock or in the
aggregate in excess of 3 percent of the Dexter's Common Stock.
