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The following news release / employee update was issued by Western Resources,
Inc. on March 18, 1997:
WESTERN RESOURCES CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVES
TO TYCO OFFER AND RIGHTS AS ADT SHAREOWNER
WESTERN RESOURCES MAILS OFFER
TO ADT SHAREOWNERS
TOPEKA, Kansas, March 18, 1997 (7:00 am CST) -- Western Resources
(NYSE:WR) announced today that it has mailed the details of its offer
to acquire ADT Limited, to the ADT shareowners.
In response to questions yesterday concerning the announcement of a
proposal by Tyco International Ltd. to merge with ADT, Western
Resources chairman and chief executive officer, John E. Hayes, Jr.,
said, "Over the next few days we will be reviewing the Tyco offer. We
are also considering our alternatives to the offer and assessing our
rights as ADT shareowners."
Western Resources has scheduled a special meeting of its
shareowners for April 24, 1997, to consider the ADT acquisition. ADT
has scheduled a meeting of its shareowners on the Western Resources
proposal for July 8, 1997, but Western Resources has asked a federal
district court in Florida to order that meeting held sooner.
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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. Through its unregulated subsidiaries,
Westar Energy, Westar Security, Westar Capital, and The Wing Group, a
full range of energy, security and 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 news 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.
