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Contacts: Roy Winnick or Mark Semer
Kekst and Company
212-521-4842 or 4802
HART-SCOTT-RODINO WAITING PERIOD EXPIRES
FOR KOLLMORGEN'S ACQUISITION OF PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC
WALTHAM, Mass., December 31, 1997 -- Kollmorgen Corporation (NYSE: KOL), of
Waltham, Mass., announced today that the waiting period under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, relating to
Kollmorgen's proposed business combination with Pacific Scientific Company
(NYSE: PSX) expired at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 1997. Accordingly,
the condition to Kollmorgen's tender offer for a majority of Pacific
Scientific's outstanding common stock requiring the expiration or early
termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period has been satisfied.
Copies of the Offer to Purchase, which includes certain other conditions, may
be obtained from Georgeson & Company Inc., the Information agent for the cash
tender offer.
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