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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE TO
(RULE 14D-100)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14 (D) (1)
OR SECTION 13 (E) (1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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LOWRANCE ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
BLUE MARLIN, INC.
COBRA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
(Names of Filing Persons (Offerors))
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COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.10 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
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548900 10 9
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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Gerald M. Laures
Vice President - Finance, and Corporate Secretary
Cobra Electronics Corporation
6500 W. Cortland Street
Chicago, IL 60707
Telephone: (773) 889-8870
(Name, address and telephone number of
person authorized to receive notices
and communications on behalf of filing persons)
Copy to:
Pran Jha
Sidley & Austin
Bank One Plaza
10 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Telephone: (312) 853-7000
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
Transaction Valuation: Not Applicable Amount of Filing Fee: Not Applicable
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[ ] Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
Amount previously paid: Not applicable Filing Party: Not applicable
Form or registration No.: Not applicable Date Filed: Not applicable
[ X ] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made before the commencement of a tender offer.
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:
[ X ] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
[ ] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
[ ] going-private transaction subject to Rule13e-3.
[ ] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: [ ]
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Item 12 EXHIBITS
Exhibit 99.1 Text of Press Release issued on January 5, 2001, including
related Fact Sheet.
Exhibit 99.2 Description of graphic presentation located on Cobra
Electronics Corporation's website at
www.cobraelectronics.com.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 99.1 Text of Press Release issued on January 5, 2001, including
related Fact Sheet.
Exhibit 99.2 Description of graphic presentation located on Cobra
Electronics Corporation's website at
www.cobraelectronics.com.
