[Gerber G Logo here] GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT DATED AUGUST 14, 1996
TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS:
This notice supplements the Proxy Statement dated August 14, 1996 which was
mailed to you recently. In the Proxy Statement, the Company reported to you that
Mr. H. Joseph Gerber, the founder of the Company and a Director, passed away on
August 8, 1996. Mr. Gerber had been a Class III Director and prior to his death,
had been nominated for reelection to the Board of Directors at the 1996 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders.
On August 28, 1996, the Board of Directors appointed David J. Logan as a
Director to fill the vacancy resulting from Mr. Gerber's death. Mr. Logan has
also been nominated for election as a Class III Director at the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders to be held on Friday, September 27, 1996, at 2:30 p.m., Eastern
Daylight Saving Time, at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley International Airport,
Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The following information is provided for Mr. Logan,
who, if elected, will serve for a term expiring at the 1999 annual meeting.
ADDITIONAL NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR TO BE ELECTED AT THE 1996 ANNUAL MEETING
(CLASS III)
David J. Logan, 63, was appointed a Director of the Company by the Board of
Directors effective August 28, 1996. Mr. Logan was a Director of the Company
from 1988 to 1989, and previously held the positions of Senior Vice President,
Engineering of the Company and President of the Company's wholly owned
subsidiary Gerber Scientific Products, Inc., until his early retirement from the
Company in 1990. Mr. Logan was also a founder of Gerber Optical, Inc., another
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Logan was an employee of the Company
for 36 years prior to his retirement and served in a number of senior management
and technical positions in his career with the Company. Since his retirement in
1990, Mr. Logan has continued to serve as a Director of Gerber Scientific
Products, Inc. and Gerber Optical, Inc., and as an independent technical
consultant to the Company. In fiscal year 1996, Mr. Logan received $110,823 in
consulting fees and expenses from the Company, in addition to retirement
benefits pursuant to the terms of the Company's Pension Plan. Mr. Logan owns 682
shares of common stock in the Company.
This nomination is in addition to the nomination of A. Robert Towbin for
reelection as a Class III Director of the Company as described in the Proxy
Statement dated August 14, 1996.
Enclosed is a new form of PROXY, colored with a blue stripe, to enable each
holder of common stock of the Company to vote for the election of Mr. Logan to
the Company's Board of Directors. We urge you to date, sign, and return this new
form of PROXY in the envelope provided, at your earliest convenience, even if
you have executed and returned the original proxy circulated with the form of
Proxy Statement dated August 14, 1996. Any shareholder executing a proxy may
revoke it at any time before it is voted at the annual meeting, provided that
written notice of such revocation or a properly executed proxy bearing a later
date shall have been received by the Company's Secretary prior to its exercise.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/David J. Gerber
David J. Gerber
Secretary
Dated at South Windsor, Connecticut,
this 9th day of September, 1996
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GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.
NEW PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
The undersigned shareholder(s) of Gerber Scientific, Inc. hereby appoint(s)
George M. Gentile and Stanley Simon, and each of them, with full and individual
power of substitution, proxies and attorneys, and hereby authorize(s) them to
represent and to vote all shares of Common Stock of Gerber Scientific, Inc.
which the undersigned shareholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting of Gerber Scientific, Inc., to be held at the Sheraton Hotel at Bradley
International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, on September 27, 1996, at
2:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time, and at any adjournment thereof, with
all powers which the undersigned shareholder(s) would possess if personally
present, for the election of the Class III Directors and upon such other
business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment
thereof.
(To be signed, dated, and voted on reverse side)
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This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted Please mark [x]
in the manner directed herein by the undersigned. your vote as
If no direction is made, this proxy will be VOTED FOR: indicated in
this example
1. Election of the Class III Directors: A. Robert Towbin and David J. Logan
FOR all nominees WITHHOLD (Instruction: To withhold
listed above (except AUTHORITY authority to vote for an
as stated to the to vote for the individual nominee, write
contrary herein). nominees listed above. that nominee's name on the
line provided below.
[____] [____] __________________________
The undersigned shareholder(s) hereby acknowledge(s) receipt of
the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy
Statement, each dated August 14, 1996, and the Supplement to
the Proxy Statement dated September 9, 1996.
Dated: __________________________________________, 1996
Signed:________________________________________________
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Please date and sign exactly as names(s) appear(s) on Proxy.
Joint owners should both sign. Executors, Administrators,
Trustees, etc. should so indicate when signing. Corporations
should show full corporate name and title of signing officer.
Partnerships should show full partnership name and be signed
by an authorized person.
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