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ADT LIMITED
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WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
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The following news release / employee update was issued by Western Resources,
Inc. on January 27, 1997:
January 27, 1997
HART-SCOTT-RODINO WAITING PERIOD EXPIRES
WITH NO ACTION TAKEN
According to Western Resources (NYSE:WR), on Thursday,
January 23, the 30-day waiting period required under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act expired with no action taken by the
anti-trust authorities.
This allows Western Resources to continue to work toward its
acquisition of ADT Limited (NYSE:ADT).
Western Resources made its filing with the anti-trust
authorities on December 23, 1996, with regard to its offer to
acquire ADT, the world's largest provider of monitored security
services.
COMMON SHARES OF ADT LIMITED ("ADT") HELD BY WESTAR CAPITAL, INC.
("WESTAR") AND CERTAIN DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES, INCLUDING DIRECTOR NOMINEES,
OF WESTERN RESOURCES, INC. ("WESTERN RESOURCES") AND WESTAR, AND
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN ANY OF THEM AND ADT
Western Resources and Westar may solicit proxies in order to
replace the Board of Directors of ADT with their nominees, Steven
L. Kitchen and Steven A. Millstein. The participants in this
solicitation may include Western Resources and Westar, John E.
Hayes, Jr. and David C. Wittig, each a director of Western
Resources, and the following executive officers and employees of
Western Resources or Westar (unless otherwise indicated, each is
an executive officer or employee of Western Resources): Steven L.
Kitchen (E.V.P. and C.F.O.), Carl M. Koupal, Jr. (E.V.P. and
C.A.O.), John K. Rosenberg (E.V.P. and G.C.), Jerry D. Courington
(Controller), James A. Martin (V.P.), Richard D. Terrill
(Secretary), Steven A. Millstein (President, Westar Security),
Michel' J. Philipp, Bruce A. Akin, Craig A. Weingartner, Lori A.
Finney, Carolyn Starkey and Bruce Burns.
Westar beneficially owns approximately 27% of the Common
Shares of ADT all of which were purchased in privately negotiated
and open market purchases during the last two years.
Other than as set forth herein, as of the date of this
employee update either Western Resources or Westar nor any of
their respective directors, executive officers, employees or
other representatives, including director nominees, who may
solicit proxies has any security holdings in ADT.
Although Salomon Brothers Inc ("Salomon"), Bear Stearns &
Co. Inc. ("Bear Stearns") and Chase Securities Inc. ("Chase"),
financial advisors to Western Resources, and Barnes Associates,
Inc. ("Barnes Associates") and Deloitte & Touche, consultants to
Western Resources, do not admit that they or any of their
directors, officers, employees or affiliates are a "participant,"
as defined in Schedule 14A promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 by the Securities and Exchange Commission,
or that Schedule 14A requires the disclosure of certain
information concerning them, Gregg S. Polle (Managing Director),
Arthur H. Tildesley, Jr. (Director), Bill Murphy (Vice President)
and Chad Rucker (an Associate), in each case of Salomon, Douglas
T. Lake (Senior Managing Director), Rich Osler (Managing
Director) and David F. Huff (Vice President), in each case of
Bear Stearns, Mark Davis (Managing Director), John Bass (Vice
President) and Andrew Quigley (Associate), in each case of Chase,
Michael S. Barnes (President) and Mark Gronowski (Senior Vice
President), in each case of Barnes Associates, and Tom Flaherty
(National Partner) and Chris Bracken (Senior Consultant), in each
case of Deloitte & Touche, may assist Western Resources and
Westar in such a solicitation. Salomon, Bear Stearns and Chase
engage in a full range of investment banking, securities trading,
market-making and brokerage services for institutional and
individual clients. In the normal course of their business,
Salomon, Bear Stearns and Chase may trade securities of ADT for
their own account and the account of their customers and,
accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short position in
such securities. Salomon Brothers Inc has advised Western
Resources that as of December 13, 1996, Salomon held a short
position with respect to 10,800 common shares of ADT, and
beneficially owned Liquid Yield Option Notes of an affiliate of
ADT exchangeable for 14,595 common shares of ADT. Bear Stearns
and Chase have advised Western Resources that they have no
beneficial ownership of securities of ADT or its affiliates.
Except as disclosed above, to the knowledge of Western
Resources and Westar, none of Western Resources or Westar, or
their respective directors, executive officers, employees or
other representatives, including director nominees, named above
has any interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or
otherwise, in ADT.
This news relase/employee update is neither an offer nor an
exchange nor a solicitation of an offer to exchange shares of
common stock of ADT Limited. A registration statement relating
to the Western Resources securities referred to in this employee
update has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
but has not yet become effective. This employee update shall not
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state
in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state.
