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WESTERN RESOURCES ANNOUNCES
NEW SHAREOWNER MEETING DATES
TOPEKA, Kansas, April 4, 1997 -- Western Resources today announced that
its Annual Meeting of Shareowners has been scheduled for May 29, 1997,
Topeka. Shareowners of record on April 18 will be entitled to attend and
vote at the annual meeting.
Western Resources also announced a special meeting of its shareowners on
June 17, 1997, to consider its proposal to issue Western Resources common
shares in connection with its offer to acquire ADT Limited, the nation's
largest monitored security company.
Western Resources (NYSE:WR) is a full-service, diversified energy
company with total assets of more than $6 billion. Its utilities, KPL and
KGE, operating in Kansas and Oklahoma, provide natural gas service to
approximately 650,000 customers and electric service to approximately
600,000 customers. Western Resources, through its subsidiary, Westar
Security, also is the nation's third-largest monitored security provider,
operating in 46 states in the U.S. Through its other unregulated
subsidiaries, Westar Energy, Westar Capital, and The Wing Group, a full
range of energy and energy-related products and services are developed and
marketed in the continental U.S. and offshore.
For more information about Western Resources and its operating
companies, visit us on the Internet at http://www.wstnres.com.
This press release/employee update is neither an offer nor an exchange nor a
solicitation of an offer to exchange shares of common stock of ADT Limited. Such
offer is made solely by the Prospectus dated March 14, 1997, and the related
Letter of Transmittal, and is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted
from or on behalf of, holders of shares of common stock of ADT Limited in any
jurisdiction in which the making of such offer or the acceptance thereof would
not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdictions
where securities, blue sky or other laws require such offer to be made by a
licensed broker or dealer, such offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of
Western Resources, Inc. by Salomon Brothers Inc; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc; and
Chase Securities Inc, or one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed
under the laws of such jurisdiction.
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