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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
CONSENT STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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AMP INCORPORATED
(NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
ALLIEDSIGNAL INC.
PMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
(NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING CONSENT STATEMENT, IF OTHER THAN REGISTRANT)
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3) Per unit price or other underlying transaction computed pursuant to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is
calculated and state how it was determined):
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previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number,
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[LOGO ALLIEDSIGNAL] AlliedSignal Inc.
P.O. Box 3000
Morristown, NJ 07962-2496
LARRY BOSSIDY
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
August , 1998
Dear AMP Shareowners:
As you know, at the end of July I proposed to AMP management a combination
with AlliedSignal that, in the view of AlliedSignal's Board of Directors, would
be in the best interests of the shareowners of both companies. When AMP
management did not respond to our proposal, AlliedSignal announced on
August 4th its intention to commence a tender offer for all the outstanding
shares of AMP, to give you the opportunity to sell your stock to AlliedSignal
for $44.50 per share in cash. At the time, AMP stock was selling
at approximately $29 per share, and the offer represented a premium
of approximately 55%. The offer was formally commenced on August 10.
AMP currently has in place a number of anti-takeover measures, including a
'poison pill,' that prevent AlliedSignal from going forward with the purchase of
AMP shares.
Our effort is dedicated to removing the obstacles that prevent you, the
shareowners, from accepting our $44.50 tender offer. In our judgment, adoption
of our by-law proposals and election of our nominees to the AMP board will
create the greatest likelihood that you, the shareowners, will be the ultimate
decision makers.
This is an opportunity for you to express your view on what you want to
happen. I urge you to read the enclosed materials, which describe in greater
detail our precise proposals. Then, please fill out and sign the enclosed blue
card as soon as possible and mail it in the envelope provided. This is your
chance to stop the existing AMP directors and management from standing in the
way of your realizing $44.50 in cash, now, from your AMP shares.
Sincerely,
LARRY BOSSIDY
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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IMPORTANT
1. If your shares of Company Common Stock are held in your own name, please
mark, sign and date the enclosed BLUE consent card and mail it to Morrow & Co.,
Inc. in the postage-paid envelope provided.
2. If your shares of Company Common Stock are held in the name of a
brokerage firm, bank nominee or other institution, only such entity can execute
a consent with respect to your shares and only upon receipt of your specific
instructions. Accordingly, you should contact the person responsible for your
account and give instructions for a BLUE consent card to be signed representing
your shares. Parent and Purchaser urge you to confirm in writing your
instructions to the person responsible for your account and provide a copy of
those instructions to Parent and Purchaser in care of Morrow & Co., Inc. so that
Parent and Purchaser will be aware of all instructions given and can attempt to
ensure that such instructions are followed.
If you have any questions or require any assistance in executing or
delivering your consent, please call:
MORROW & CO., INC.
909 Third Avenue
20th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Toll Free (800) 566-9061
Call Collect (212) 754-8000
Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call:
(800) 662-5200
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AUGUST , 1998
CONSENT STATEMENT
OF
ALLIEDSIGNAL INC.
PMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
This Consent Statement is furnished by AlliedSignal Inc., a Delaware
corporation ('Parent'), and PMA Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation
('Purchaser'), a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, in connection with the
solicitation by Parent and Purchaser of written consents from holders of shares
of Common Stock without par value ('Company Common Stock') of AMP Incorporated,
a Pennsylvania corporation (the 'Company'), to take the following actions
without a shareholders' meeting, as permitted by the Company's articles of
incorporation and Pennsylvania law:
(1) Amend Section 2.2 of Article II of the Company's by-laws (the
'Company By-laws') to fix the number of directors of the Company at
twenty-eight;
(2) Amend Section 2.4 of Article II of the Company By-laws to provide
that vacancies on the Company's Board of Directors (the 'Company Board')
created as a result of a shareholder amendment to the Company By-laws may
be filled only by a vote of the Company's shareholders;
(3) Amend Section 1.7.2 of Article I of the Company By-laws to clarify
that a shareholder seeking to nominate candidates for election to the
Company Board pursuant to shareholder action by written consent need not
comply with the advance notification provisions of the Company By-laws
applicable to the nomination of candidates in connection with meetings of
the shareholders (the 'Advance Notification Provisions');
(4) Elect seventeen nominees of Parent and Purchaser (the 'Nominees')
to serve as directors of the Company (or, if any such Nominee is unable to
serve as a director of the Company due to death, disability or otherwise,
any other person designated as a Nominee by the remaining Nominee or
Nominees); and
(5) Repeal each provision of the Company By-laws or amendments thereto
adopted subsequent to July 22, 1998 and prior to the effectiveness of the
Proposals (as defined below) and the seating of a sufficient number of
Nominees so that Nominees constitute a majority of the Company Board.
All of the foregoing actions (collectively, the 'Proposals') are designed
to facilitate the election of the Nominees to the Company Board.
PARENT AND PURCHASER RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSENT
TO EACH OF THE PROPOSALS
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Summary.................................................................................................... 3
The Offer and the Proposed Merger..................................................................... 3
Consent Procedures.................................................................................... 4
Reasons for the Solicitation............................................................................... 6
The Proposals.............................................................................................. 6
Parent and Purchaser Recommend that You Consent to Each of the Proposals................................... 7
Proposed Merger............................................................................................ 11
Voting Securities and Principal Holders ................................................................... 11
Certain Information Concerning Parent and Purchaser........................................................ 12
Background of the Solicitation............................................................................. 12
Solicitation of Consents................................................................................... 17
Consent Procedure.......................................................................................... 17
Effectiveness and Revocation of Consents.............................................................. 18
Special Instructions.................................................................................. 18
Dissenters' Rights......................................................................................... 19
Litigation................................................................................................. 19
ANNEX I.................................................................................................... 21
ANNEX II................................................................................................... 24
ANNEX III.................................................................................................. 25
ANNEX IV................................................................................................... 26
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SUMMARY
The information contained in this summary is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Consent
Statement.
THE OFFER AND PROPOSED MERGER
On August 10, 1998, Purchaser commenced an offer to purchase all of the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, together with the associated common
stock purchase rights (the 'Rights') issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement of
the Company, dated October 25, 1989, between the Company and the Rights Agent
thereof, as amended (the 'Rights Agreement') (the Company Common Stock, together
with the associated Rights, being referred to as the 'Shares'), at $44.50 net
per Share (the 'Offer Price') upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in Purchaser's Offer to Purchase, dated August 10, 1998 (the 'Offer to
Purchase'), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any
amendments or supplements, collectively constitute the 'Offer').
The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the acquisition of
Shares pursuant to the Offer having been approved by the Company Board for
purposes of Chapter 29, Subchapter F of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation
Law (the 'PBCL') (the 'Business Combination Statute') or Purchaser being
satisfied, in its sole discretion, that the Business Combination Statute is
invalid or otherwise inapplicable to the Offer and the Proposed Merger described
below, and (ii) the Rights having been redeemed by the Company Board or the
Purchaser being satisfied, in its sole discretion, that the Rights have been
invalidated or are otherwise inapplicable to the Offer and the Proposed Merger.
Subject to the fulfillment of their fiduciary duties as directors of the
Company, the Nominees intend, if elected as directors of the Company, to cause
the Company to enter into an agreement (a 'Proposed Merger Agreement') with
Parent providing for a merger or similar business combination (a 'Proposed
Merger') in which holders of shares of Company Common Stock would receive cash
consideration per share of Company Common Stock equal to the Offer Price. The
Nominees also intend to take whatever other actions are appropriate, subject to
fulfillment of their fiduciary duties as directors of the Company, to facilitate
the Offer and Proposed Merger, including approving the Offer and Proposed Merger
for purposes of the Business Combination Statute.
According to a letter dated November 8, 1989, from the Company to its
shareholders relating to adoption of the Rights Agreement (filed as an exhibit
to the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 1989), the Rights Agreement provides (the 'Dead Hand Provision') that
'[u]nder certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, the decision
to redeem [the Rights] shall require the concurrence of a majority of the
Continuing Directors.' According to the letter, ' `Continuing Directors' means
any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who was a member of the
Board prior to [October 25, 1989], and any person who is subsequently elected to
the Board if such person is recommended or approved by a majority of the
Continuing Directors . . . .' Parent and Purchaser believe the Dead Hand
Provision is unenforceable. If the Dead Hand Provision is enforceable, the
Nominees, subject to fulfillment of their fiduciary duties as directors of the
Company, intend to seek the required approval of a majority of Continuing
Directors to redeem the Rights (or to amend the Rights Agreement to make the
Rights inapplicable to the Offer and the Proposed Merger), but there can be no
assurance that they will succeed in obtaining such approval.
Complete information about the Offer is contained in the Offer to Purchase,
which is available upon request from the Information Agent for the Offer, Morrow
& Co., Inc. ('Morrow'), and in the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 (the
'Schedule 14D-1'), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the 'Commission') on August 10, 1998. The Schedule 14D-1 and any amendments,
including exhibits, should be available for inspection and copies should be
obtainable in the manner set forth under 'CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING PARENT
AND PURCHASER.'
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CONSENT PROCEDURES
Section 1763 of the PBCL provides that, unless otherwise set forth in a
corporation's by-laws, the board of directors of a corporation may, for any
purpose, fix a record date for the determination of shareholders of record.
Section 1.7.2 of Article II of the Company By-laws (the 'Record Date By-law')
provides that any shareholder of record seeking to have the shareholders
authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice
to the Secretary of the Company, request that the Company Board fix a record
date. The Company Board is required to promptly, but in all events within 10
days of the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing
the record date. Under the PBCL and the Record Date By-law, if no record date
has been fixed by the Company Board within 10 business days of the receipt of
the request, the record date will be the first date on which a signed, written
consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to
the Company. On August 11, 1998, Parent and Purchaser requested that the Company
Board fix August 31, 1998 as the record date for the consent solicitation made
hereby. [On , 1998, the Company Board fixed , 1998, as the
record date for the solicitation (the 'Record Date').] [The Company Board did
not fix a record date for the consent solicitation made hereby prior to
, 1998. On , 1998, Parent delivered a signed consent to
the Company. Accordingly, the record date for the consent solicitation made
hereby (the 'Record Date') will be , 1998.]
Parent will pay all costs in connection with its solicitation of consents.
The consents are being solicited pursuant to the procedure established by
Sections 1766 and 2524 of the PBCL and Sections 1.7.2 and 1.7.3 of the Company
By-laws. Shareholders of the Company of record as of the close of business on
the Record Date are entitled to consent to the Proposals. As more fully
described in 'CONSENT PROCEDURE' below, the Proposals will become effective when
properly completed, unrevoked consents consenting to the Proposals are signed by
the holders of record as of the close of business on the Record Date of a
majority of the shares of Company Common Stock then outstanding, if these
consents are delivered to the Company within 90 days of the Record Date. The
effectiveness of each Proposal is subject to, and conditioned upon, the adoption
of all other Proposals by the holders of record, as of the close of business on
the Record Date, of a majority of the shares of Company Common Stock then
outstanding. See 'CONSENT PROCEDURE.'
This Consent Statement and the related BLUE consent card are first being
sent or given on or about , 1998, to all holders of record of shares of
Company Common Stock on the Record Date. The Company Common Stock constitutes
the only outstanding class of voting securities of the Company. Accordingly,
only holders of shares of Company Common Stock are entitled to execute and
deliver consents. For information regarding the person believed to be the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company Common Stock, see 'VOTING
SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS.' Parent is the beneficial owner of 100
shares of Company Common Stock.
ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSALS, INCLUDING THE INCREASE OF THE SIZE OF THE
COMPANY BOARD AND ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES, IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD PROMPT
CONSUMMATION OF THE OFFER AND THE PROPOSED MERGER. ACCORDINGLY, YOU ARE URGED TO
PROMPTLY MARK, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THE ENCLOSED BLUE CONSENT CARD.
THIS CONSENT STATEMENT IS ONLY A REQUEST FOR CONSENTS TO THE PROPOSALS. IT
IS NOT A REQUEST FOR THE TENDER OF SHARES NOR AN OFFER WITH RESPECT THERETO.
THE OFFER IS BEING MADE ONLY BY MEANS OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE.
Because the Proposals will become effective only if properly completed,
unrevoked consents consenting to such Proposals are signed and returned by
holders of record as of the close of business on the Record Date of a majority
of the total number of shares of Company Common Stock then outstanding, any
failure to execute and return a consent, and all abstentions and broker
non-votes, will have the same effect as voting against the Proposals.
Parent has retained Morrow to assist in the solicitation of consents to the
Proposals.
If your shares of Company Common Stock are registered in your own name,
please mark, sign and date the enclosed BLUE consent card and mail it to Morrow
in the postage-paid envelope provided. If
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your shares of Company Common Stock are held in the name of a brokerage firm,
bank nominee or other institution, only such entity can sign a consent with
respect to your shares and only upon receipt of your specific instructions.
Accordingly, you should contact the person responsible for your account and give
instructions for a BLUE consent card to be signed representing your shares.
Parent and Purchaser urge you to confirm in writing your instructions to the
person responsible for your account and to provide a copy of those instructions
to Parent and Purchaser in care of Morrow & Co., Inc. so that Parent and
Purchaser will be aware of all instructions given and can attempt to ensure that
such instructions are followed.
If you have any questions or require any assistance in executing or
delivering your consent, please call:
MORROW & CO., INC.
909 Third Avenue
20th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Toll Free (800) 566-9061
Call Collect (212) 754-8000
Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call:
(800) 662-5200
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REASONS FOR THE SOLICITATION
Because the Company has not been receptive to the Offer and the Proposed
Merger and has to date declined Parent's invitation to meet with representatives
of Parent to discuss a transaction, Parent and Purchaser are soliciting the
written consent of shareholders to the Proposals in an effort to facilitate the
consummation of the Offer and Proposed Merger.
The purpose of the Offer is to enable Parent to acquire control of, and the
entire equity interest in, the Company. Parent currently intends, as soon as
practicable following the consummation of the Offer, to propose and seek to have
the Company consummate a Proposed Merger. The purpose of the Proposed Merger
under these circumstances would be to acquire all of the Shares not tendered and
purchased pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. Pursuant to the Proposed Merger,
each outstanding Share (other than Shares owned by Parent, Purchaser, or any of
their subsidiaries, Shares held in the treasury of the Company and Shares owned
by shareholders who perfect available appraisal rights under the PBCL) would be
converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the price per
Share paid pursuant to the Offer.
Although Purchaser commenced the Offer to acquire all of the outstanding
Shares for cash, Parent is seeking to negotiate with the Company, in conjunction
with or in substitution for the Offer, a Proposed Merger. Purchaser has reserved
the right to amend the Offer if it is successful in negotiating the Proposed
Merger (including the number of Shares to be purchased and the proposed Offer
Price) and, if the negotiated Proposed Merger does not contemplate a tender
offer, to terminate the Offer without purchasing any Shares thereunder.
Parent and Purchaser believe that the Offer and Proposed Merger are in the
best interests of the shareholders of the Company and the Offer Price is a fair
price for the Shares because the Offer Price reflects a premium of approximately
55% over the $28 7/8 closing price for the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange
(the 'NYSE') on August 3, 1998, the last full trading day preceding the public
announcement of the Offer.
Subject to fulfillment of their fiduciary duties as directors, the Nominees
intend, if elected to the Company Board, to cause the Company to enter into a
Proposed Merger Agreement with Parent that would provide for a transaction in
which shareholders of the Company would receive for each share of Company Common
Stock cash consideration per share equal to the Offer Price. The Nominees also
intend, subject to fulfillment of their fiduciary duties as directors of the
Company, to take whatever other actions are appropriate to facilitate the Offer
and Proposed Merger.
THE PROPOSALS
Parent and Purchaser are seeking written consents from holders of shares of
Company Common Stock to take the following actions without a shareholders'
meeting, as permitted by the Company's articles of incorporation and the PBCL:
1. Amend Section 2.2 of Article II of the Company By-laws to fix the
number of directors of the Company at twenty-eight and to provide that
Section 2.2 may be amended or repealed only with the approval of
shareholders of the Company holding a majority of the Company's outstanding
voting shares;
2. Amend Section 2.4 of Article II of the Company By-laws to provide
that vacancies on the Company Board created as a result of a shareholder
amendment to the Company By-laws may be filled only with the approval of
shareholders of the Company holding a majority of the Company's outstanding
voting shares and that this amendment to Section 2.4 may be further amended
or repealed only with the approval of shareholders of the Company holding a
majority of the Company's outstanding voting shares;
3. Amend Section 1.7.2 of Article I of the Company By-laws to clarify
that a shareholder seeking to nominate persons for election to the Company
Board by shareholder action by written consent need not comply with the
Advance Notification Provisions and to provide that this amendment to
Section 1.7.2 may be further amended or repealed only with the approval of
shareholders of the Company holding a majority of the Company's outstanding
voting shares;
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4. Elect Hans W. Becherer, Lawrence A. Bossidy, Ann M. Fudge, Paul X.
Kelley, Peter M. Kreindler, Robert P. Luciano, Robert B. Palmer, Russell E.
Palmer, Frederic M. Poses, Donald J. Redlinger, Ivan G. Seidenberg, Andrew
C. Sigler, John R. Stafford, Thomas P. Stafford, Richard F. Wallman, Robert
C. Winters and Henry T. Yang, the Nominees, to serve as directors of the
Company (or, if any Nominee is unable to serve as a director of the Company
due to death, disability or otherwise, any other person designated as a
Nominee by the remaining Nominee or Nominees); and
5. Repeal each provision of and amendment to the Company By-laws
adopted subsequent to July 22, 1998 and prior to the effectiveness of the
Proposals and the seating of a sufficient number of Nominees so that the
Nominees constitute a majority of the Company Board.
The effectiveness of each of the Proposals is subject to, and conditioned
upon, the adoption of each of the other Proposals by the holders of record, as
of the close of business on the Record Date, of a majority of the shares of
Company Common Stock then outstanding.
PARENT AND PURCHASER RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSENT TO
EACH OF THE PROPOSALS
By-law Amendment Fixing Number of Directors at Twenty-Eight. Shareholders
are being asked to adopt a Proposal to amend Section 2.2 of Article II of the
Company By-laws to fix the number of directors of the Company at twenty-eight.
The text of this proposed amendment to the Company By-laws is set forth in its
entirety in Annex IV to this Consent Statement. The Company By-laws currently
provide that the Company Board is to consist of at least three directors, with
the actual number of directors to be determined from time to time by the Company
Board. The proposed By-law amendment would increase the size of the Company
Board from eleven to twenty-eight so that, if the Proposal to elect the
seventeen Nominees is approved, the Nominees will constitute a majority of the
members of the Company Board. To ensure that this proposed amendment, if
adopted, cannot be unilaterally repealed by the Company Board, the proposed
amendment provides that it may be amended or repealed only by a vote of
shareholders of the Company holding a majority of the outstanding voting shares
of the Company.
By-law Amendment Permitting Shareholders to Fill Vacancies on the Company
Board. Shareholders are being asked to adopt a Proposal to amend Section 2.4 of
Article II of the Company By-laws to provide that vacancies on the Company Board
created as a result of a shareholder amendment to the Company By-laws may be
filled only with the approval of holders of a majority of the outstanding voting
shares of the Company. The text of this proposed amendment to the Company
By-laws is set forth in its entirety in Annex IV. The Company By-laws currently
provide that vacancies on the Company Board, however caused, including vacancies
resulting from an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by the
Company Board. No provision is currently made for the filling of vacancies by
shareholders. The proposed By-law amendment would grant to shareholders the
exclusive right to elect the Nominees to fill the vacancies on the Company Board
resulting from the increase in the size of the Company Board from eleven to
twenty-eight members. To ensure that this proposed amendment, if adopted, cannot
be repealed unilaterally by the Company Board, the proposed amendment provides
that it may be amended or repealed only by a vote of shareholders of the Company
holding a majority of the outstanding voting shares of the Company.
Election of Nominees. Shareholders are being asked to adopt a Proposal to
elect as directors of the Company each of the seventeen Nominees named in the
table below, each of whom has consented to serve as a director, if elected,
until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor has
been elected and qualified. The Purchaser's primary purpose in seeking to elect
the Nominees to the Company Board is to facilitate the consummation of the Offer
and Proposed Merger. However, if elected, the Nominees, along with the other
directors of the Company, would be responsible for managing the business and
affairs of the Company. Each director of the Company has an obligation under
Pennsylvania law to discharge his or her duties as a director in good faith, in
a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the
Company and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, skill and diligence,
as a person of ordinary prudence would use under similar circumstances.
Circumstances may arise in which the interests of Parent, Purchaser and their
affiliates, on the one
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hand, and the interests of other shareholders of the Company, on the other hand,
may differ. In any such case, the Nominees intend to discharge fully the
obligations owing to the Company and its shareholders and other stakeholders
under Pennsylvania law. Although Parent and Purchaser have no reason to believe
that any of the Nominees may be unable or unwilling to serve as directors, if
any of the Nominees is unable to serve as a director of the Company due to
death, disability or otherwise, the remaining Nominee or Nominees may designate
another person or persons to replace the Nominee or Nominees unable to serve.
Set forth below are the name, age, business address, present principal
occupation and employment history of each of the Nominees for at least the past
five years. This information has been furnished to Parent by the respective
Nominees. Each of the Nominees has consented to serve as a director. Each of the
Nominees is at least 18 years of age. None of the entities referenced below is a
parent or subsidiary of the Company.
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Hans W. Becherer, 63 Mr. Becherer is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deere & Company, a
Deere & Company manufacturer of mobile power machinery and a supplier of financial
One John Deere Place services. After serving in a variety of managerial and executive positions,
Moline, IL 61265-8098 he became a director of Deere in 1986 and was elected President and Chief
Operating Officer in 1987, President and Chief Executive Officer in 1989
and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1990. He is a director of
Parent, The Chase Manhattan Corporation and Schering-Plough Corporation.
Lawrence A. Bossidy, 63 Mr. Bossidy has been Chief Executive Officer of Parent since July 1991 and
AlliedSignal Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Parent since January 1992. He
101 Columbia Road previously served in a number of executive and financial positions with
Morristown, NJ 07962 General Electric Company. Mr. Bossidy was Chief Operating Officer of
General Electric Credit Corporation (now General Electric Capital
Corporation) from 1979 to 1981, Executive Vice President and Sector
Executive of GE's Services and Materials Sector from 1981 to 1984, and Vice
Chairman and Executive Officer of GE from 1984 until he joined Parent. He
is a director of Champion International Corporation, J. P. Morgan & Co.
Incorporated and Merck & Co., Inc. Mr. Bossidy is also a director of
Purchaser.
Ann M. Fudge, 47 Ms. Fudge, Executive Vice President of Kraft Foods, Inc., joined General
Maxwell House and Foods USA in 1986 and held several planning and marketing positions before
Post Division being appointed Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Dinners
Kraft Foods, Inc. and Enhancers Division in 1991. In 1994, she was named President of Kraft
555 South Broadway General Foods' Maxwell House Coffee Company. In 1995, Ms. Fudge assumed her
Mail Code TA1-2 current position while continuing to head the Maxwell House Coffee Division
Tarrytown, NY 10591 as General Manager. She became President of Kraft's Maxwell House and Post
Division in 1997. Kraft is the multinational food business of Philip Morris
Companies Inc. Ms. Fudge is a director of Parent and Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Paul X. Kelley, 69 General Kelley is a Partner of J.F. Lehman & Company, an investment firm.
700 13th Street, N.W. He previously was Vice Chairman of Cassidy & Associates, Inc., a
Suite 400 Washington-based government relations firm, from 1989 until early 1998, and
Washington, DC he served as Commandant of the Marine Corps and as a Member of the Joint
20005-5917 Chiefs of Staff from 1983 until his retirement in 1987. General Kelley is a
director of Parent, GenCorp Inc., Saul Centers, Inc., Sturm, Ruger &
Company, Inc., UST Inc. and The Wackenhut Corporation.
Peter M. Kreindler, 53 Mr. Kreindler has been Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
AlliedSignal Inc. of Parent since December 1994. He was Senior Vice President and General
101 Columbia Road Counsel of Parent from March 1992 to November 1994. Mr. Kreindler is also a
Morristown, NJ 07962 director and Vice President and Secretary of Purchaser.
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Robert P. Luciano, 64 Mr. Luciano is Chairman of the Board of Schering-Plough Corporation, a
Schering-Plough Corporation manufacturer and marketer of pharmaceuticals and consumer products, which
One Giralda Farms he joined in 1978. He served as President from 1980 to 1986 and Chief
Madison, NJ 07940 Executive Officer from 1982 through 1995. He has been Chairman of the Board
since 1984. He is a director of Parent, C.R. Bard, Inc. and Merrill Lynch &
Co.
Robert B. Palmer, 57 Mr. Palmer is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
124 Mount Auburn Street Digital Equipment Corporation, a provider of networked computer systems,
Suite 200 North software and services. He had advanced through a series of executive
Cambridge, MA 02138 positions after joining Digital in 1985, becoming President and Chief
Executive Officer in 1992 and Chairman of the Board in 1995. He is a
director of Parent.
Russell E. Palmer, 64 Mr. Palmer is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Palmer Group, a
The Palmer Group private investment firm he established in 1990 after serving seven years as
3600 Market Street, Suite 530 Dean of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He previously
Philadelphia, PA 19104 served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Touche Ross
International and Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Touche
Ross & Co. (USA) (now Deloitte and Touche). He is a director of Parent,
Bankers Trust Company, Bankers Trust New York Corporation, Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, GTE Corporation, The May Department Stores
Company and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.
Frederic M. Poses, 55 Mr. Poses began his career with Parent in 1969 and advanced through a
AlliedSignal Inc. number of managerial and executive positions until he was named President
101 Columbia Road of the Plastics and Engineered Materials Division in 1983, President of the
Morristown, NJ 07962 Fibers Division in 1986, and President of AlliedSignal Engineered Materials
in 1988, when he was also elected Executive Vice President of Parent. In
1997, he was named Vice Chairman and elected to the Board of Directors of
Parent. In June 1998, he became President and Chief Operating Officer.
He is also a director and President of Purchaser.
Donald J. Redlinger, 53 Mr. Redlinger has been Senior Vice President -- Human Resources and
AlliedSignal Inc. Communications of Parent since February 1995. He was Senior Vice
101 Columbia Road President -- Human Resources of Parent from January 1991 to January 1995.
Morristown, NJ 07962
Ivan G. Seidenberg, 51 Mr. Seidenberg is Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Bell Atlantic Corporation Bell Atlantic Corporation, a telecommunications and information services
1095 Avenue of the Americas, 39th provider. He had previously held several senior management positions with
Floor NYNEX Corporation, which he joined in 1983, before becoming a director and
New York, NY 10036 Vice Chairman of the Board in 1991, President and Chief Operating Officer
in 1994, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1995. He became Vice
Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of Bell Atlantic
Corporation in 1997 and assumed his current position in 1998. He is a
director of Parent, American Home Products Corporation, Boston Properties,
Inc., CVS Corporation and Viacom Inc.
Andrew C. Sigler, 66 Mr. Sigler retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Champion
Champion International International Corporation, a paper and forest products company, in 1996. He
Corporation was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Champion in 1974 and
One Champion Plaza Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1979. He is a director of Parent,
Stamford, CT 06921 The Chase Manhattan Corporation and General Electric Company.
John R. Stafford, 60 Mr. Stafford is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of American
American Home Products Home Products Corporation, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical, health care,
Corporation animal health and agricultural products. After joining that company in
Five Giralda Farms 1970, he held a number of executive positions before becoming President in
Madison, NJ 1981, an office he held until 1990 and which he resumed in early 1994. He
07940-0874 was elected Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in 1986. He
is a director of Parent, Bell Atlantic Corporation, The Chase Manhattan
Corporation and Deere & Company.
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Thomas P. Stafford, 67 Lt. Gen. Stafford joined the consulting firm of General Technical Services,
1006 Cameron Street Inc. in 1984. He is also Vice Chairman and co-founder of Stafford, Burke
Alexandria, VA 22314 and Hecker, Inc., a Washington-based consulting firm. After serving as an
astronaut for a number of years, he retired in 1979 from the Air Force as
Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition and served
as Vice Chairman of Gibraltar Exploration Limited until 1984. Lt. Gen.
Stafford is also Chairman of the Board of Omega Watch Corporation of
America and is a director of Parent, CMI Corporation, Cycomm International
Inc., Seagate Technology Inc., Timet Inc., Tracor, Inc. and Tremont
Corporation.
Richard F. Wallman, 47 Mr. Wallman has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
AlliedSignal Inc. Parent since March 1995. He was Vice President and Controller of
101 Columbia Road International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), a manufacturer of
Morristown, NJ 07962 information-handling systems, from April 1994 to February 1995 and General
Assistant Controller of IBM from October 1993 to March 1994. He was
Assistant Controller -- Sales & Marketing of Chrysler Corporation from
April 1989 to September 1993.
Robert C. Winters, 66 Mr. Winters retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and became
The Prudential Insurance Chairman Emeritus of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a
Company provider of insurance and financial services, in December 1994. During his
751 Broad Street career with Prudential, which he joined in 1953, he held various managerial
11th Floor positions prior to his election as Executive Vice President in 1978, Vice
Newark, NJ 07102-3777 Chairman in 1984 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1987. He is a
director of Parent.
Henry T. Yang, 57 Dr. Yang became Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, in 1994. Prior to his current position, he served in a number of faculty
Santa Barbara and administrative positions at Purdue University, starting in 1969. He
5221 Cheadle Hall became Head of Purdue's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1979 and
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2030 served as Dean of the School of Engineering and Director of the Computer
Integrated Design, Manufacturing and Automation Center from 1984 until he
joined the University of California. He is also a director of Parent.
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Annex III sets forth certain information relating to the Nominees'
ownership of shares of the Company Common Stock and with respect to transactions
between any of them and the Company.
It is contemplated that each Nominee will be reimbursed for his or her
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of his or her
service as a Nominee. Under Parent's Certificate of Incorporation, Parent is
obligated to indemnify and hold harmless against all expenses, liabilities and
losses each person who is made a party to any action or proceeding by reason of
the fact that he or she is a director, officer or employee of Parent or is
serving at the request of Parent as a director, officer or employee of another
company, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
In accordance with applicable regulations of the Commission, the BLUE
consent card delivered with this Consent Statement provides each shareholder of
the Company with the opportunity to designate the names of any of the Nominees
whom he or she does not desire to elect to the Company Board. PARENT URGES
SHAREHOLDERS TO VOTE FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES ON THE BLUE CONSENT CARD DELIVERED
TOGETHER WITH THIS CONSENT STATEMENT.
By-laws Amendment to Clarify Inapplicability of Advance Notification
Provisions to Shareholder Action by Consent. Article IX of the Company's
articles of incorporation provides that any action that may be taken at a
meeting of the shareholders of the Company may be taken without a meeting if
proper consent is made to the action. Section 1.5.3 of Article I of the Company
By-laws currently provides that: 'Only persons who are nominated in accordance
with the following procedures shall be eligible for election by the shareholders
as directors.' The procedures set forth in Section 1.5.3 of Article I appear to
apply only to nominations for election to the Company Board at meetings of
shareholders. Such procedures require, in general, that nominations of
candidates for consideration by shareholders be submitted to the Secretary of
the Company, (i) with respect to an annual meeting, at
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least 45 days in advance of the date in the then-current year that corresponds
to the date on which the Company first mailed its notice of annual meeting,
proxy statement and proxy card for the prior year's annual meeting and (ii) with
respect to a special meeting, by the close of business on the 10th day following
the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed to shareholders or
public disclosure was made. The proposed amendment to Section 1.7.2 of Article I
of the Company By-laws would clarify that the requirements of Section 1.5.3 of
Article I of the Company By-laws are inapplicable to the election of directors
pursuant to action by written consent of shareholders. To ensure that this
proposed amendment, if adopted, cannot be repealed unilaterally by the Company
Board, the proposed amendment provides that it may be amended or repealed only
by a vote of shareholders of the Company holding a majority of the outstanding
shares of the Company. The text of the proposed amendment to Section 1.7.2 of
the Company Bylaws is set forth in Annex IV.
Repeal of By-laws Adopted Subsequent to July 22, 1998 and Prior to the
Effectiveness of the Proposals and the Seating of the Nominees. This Proposal,
if adopted, would repeal each and every provision of any amendment to the
Company By-laws adopted subsequent to July 22, 1998 and prior to the
effectiveness of the Proposals and the seating of a sufficient number of
Nominees so that Nominees constitute a majority of the Company Board. This
Proposal is designed to prevent the Company Board from taking actions to amend
the Company By-laws to attempt to nullify or delay the actions taken by the
shareholders pursuant to the Proposals or to create new obstacles to the
consummation of the Offer and Proposed Merger. According to publicly available
information, the most recent version of the Company By-laws were adopted on July
22, 1998, and no amendments subsequent to that date have been publicly
disclosed. If the Company Board has adopted since July 22, 1998, or adopts prior
to the adoption of the Proposals and the seating of a sufficient number of
Nominees so that Nominees constitute a majority of the Company Board, any
amendments to the Company By-laws, this Proposal would repeal those amendments.
PROPOSED MERGER
Subject to the fulfillment of their fiduciary duties as directors of the
Company, the Nominees intend, if elected as directors of the Company, to cause
the Company to enter into a Proposed Merger Agreement. The Proposed Merger
Agreement would provide for a transaction in which shareholders of the Company
would receive cash consideration per Share equal to the Offer Price.
THIS CONSENT STATEMENT IS ONLY A REQUEST FOR CONSENTS TO THE PROPOSALS. IT
IS NOT A REQUEST FOR THE TENDER OF SHARES NOR AN OFFER WITH RESPECT THERETO.
THE OFFER IS BEING MADE ONLY BY MEANS OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE.
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS
According to the Company's articles of incorporation, the shares of Company
Common Stock constitute the only class of outstanding voting securities of the
Company. Accordingly, only holders of Company Common Stock are entitled to
execute consents. The Company stated in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998, that, as of July 27, 1998, there were
218,601,033 shares of Company Common Stock outstanding. Each share of Company
Common Stock entitles its record holder to one vote. Shareholders of the Company
do not have cumulative voting rights.
As reported by the Company in its Proxy Statement, dated March 16, 1998
(the 'Company Proxy Statement'), as of March 3, 1998, the only persons known to
management to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock are named below.
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TITLE OF CLASS BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF CLASS
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Common Stock FMR Corp. 15,908,145 7.23
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
The nature of ownership is as follows:
Sole Voting Powers....................... 935,115
Shared Voting Powers..................... 0
Sole Dispositive Powers.................. 15,908,145
Shared Dispositive Powers................ 0
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For information relating to the ownership of Company Common Stock by
directors and executive officers of the Company, see Annex I.
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING PARENT AND PURCHASER
Parent is a Delaware corporation with its principal executive offices
located at 101 Columbia Road, Morristown, NJ 07962. Parent is an advanced
technology and manufacturing company serving customers worldwide with aerospace
and automotive products, chemicals, fibers, plastics and advanced materials.
Parent is organized into eleven strategic business units and reports its results
of operations in the following five business segments: Aerospace Systems,
Specialty Chemicals & Electronic Solutions, Turbine Technologies, Performance
Polymers and Transportation Products. Parent's products are used by major
industries including textiles, construction, plastics, electronics, automotive,
chemicals, housing, telecommunications, utilities, packaging, agriculture,
military and commercial aviation and aerospace and in the space program.
Parent is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, in accordance therewith, files reports
and other documents with the Commission relating to its business, financial
condition and other matters. These reports and other documents should be
available for inspection at the public reference facilities of the Commission at
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549, and at the regional offices of the
Commission located at Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10048
and Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, (Suite 1400), Chicago, IL 60661.
Copies of Parent's filings with the Commission should be obtainable, by mail,
upon payment of the Commission's customary charges, by writing to the
Commission's principal office at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549.
The Commission also maintains an Internet web site at http://www.sec.gov that
should contain electronic copies of Parent's filings with the Commission. Copies
of Parent's filings with the Commission should also be available for inspection
at the offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street, New York, NY 10005.
Purchaser is a newly incorporated Delaware corporation organized in
connection with the Offer and has not conducted any activities other than in
connection with the Offer and this consent solicitation. The principal office
of Purchaser is located at 101 Columbia Road, Morristown, NJ 07962. Purchaser
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. It is expected that, until immediately
prior to the time that Purchaser will purchase Shares pursuant to the Offer or
Proposed Merger, Purchaser will not have any significant assets or liabilities
or engage in activities other than those incident to its formation and
capitalization and the transactions contemplated by the Offer and Proposed
Merger.
Certain information about the employees and representatives of Parent other
than Nominees who may also assist Morrow in soliciting consents is set forth in
the attached Annex II. Annex III sets forth certain information relating to the
ownership of Shares by Purchaser, Parent, and certain of Parent's employees and
representatives, and with respect to certain transactions between any of them
and the Company.
BACKGROUND OF THE SOLICITATION
Approximately one year ago, Lawrence A. Bossidy, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Parent, contacted Ralph D. DeNunzio, a director of the
Company, to discuss the possible combination
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of Parent and the Company. Mr. Bossidy was subsequently informed that the
Company Board had no interest in entertaining discussions concerning the
possible combination of Parent and the Company.
On July 29, 1998 Mr. Bossidy telephoned William J. Hudson, Chief Executive
Officer and President of the Company, to discuss with him the possible
combination of Parent and the Company. Mr. Bossidy was informed by an assistant
to Mr. Hudson that Mr. Hudson was unavailable.
On July 30, 1998, Mr. Bossidy delivered the following letter to Mr. Hudson:
'July 30, 1998
Mr. William J. Hudson
Chief Executive Officer and President
AMP Incorporated
470 Friendship Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Dear Bill:
I tried to reach you by telephone yesterday for purposes of setting
up a meeting to discuss a combination of our two companies. In my view,
a combination makes compelling business sense and would produce a unique
opportunity for your shareowners to realize maximum value for their
shares and would be in the long-term interest of your employees. I would
like to meet with you as soon as possible, but I thought it would be
useful to make a proposal for you to consider in advance of our meeting.
AlliedSignal is prepared to offer $43.50 per share in cash for all
of AMP's outstanding shares, a premium of about 50% over the current
market value. We would consider a higher price if all or a significant
portion of the consideration were AlliedSignal shares rather than cash.
Cash, of course, would provide your shareowners the opportunity to
realize today the future value of AMP, while equity on a tax free basis
would give your shareowners the option to participate in the future
growth of a new AlliedSignal/AMP enterprise. Our Board of Directors has
approved the transaction, and adequate financing is available.
AlliedSignal has annual revenues of $15 billion, with operations in
the aerospace, automotive and engineered materials industries and with
the demonstrated ability to achieve sales and earnings growth on a
consistent basis. Our vision is to 'become a premier company,
distinctive and successful in everything we do.' Since we began our
Total Quality journey more than six years ago, our earnings per share
have grown at a compound average annual rate of 21% and our market value
has grown more than six-fold, from less than $4 billion to more than $25
billion.
Recently, we have focused our resources on developing a diversified
portfolio of high-growth, high-margin businesses as a means of being
both competitive and successful in the new century. A particular area of
interest is electronic materials, where we already have several
offerings. Our strategic interest in this area would assure that AMP has
the continued management and financial support necessary to maintain its
leadership position in its own businesses.
AlliedSignal offers the following:
Size and scale. We are a global company operating in some 40
countries, with the size and scale to realize economies in areas such
as purchasing, marketing and shared business services.
Technology. Both our electronic materials businesses and our
aerospace businesses can be both technology partners and customers. I
am confident that there would be synergistic benefits to both our
companies.
Management Team. Over the last six years we have developed an
outstanding management team that has demonstrated the ability to lead
in the 1990's and to cope with the issues that all of us will face as
we move into the next century. Our management team
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is respected around the world -- by suppliers, by customers and by
the investment community.
Operational Strength; Processes. We have a proven track record
of operational success, increasing productivity by 5% or more for the
past five years. Most recently, we have launched new initiatives
across the company (which we refer to as 'six sigma') to ensure that
we achieve world-class design and production capabilities.
Financial Strength; Credibility. We also have an excellent
track record and a strong balance sheet.
In addition, our size and diversity offer other benefits to AMP in
a combination:
Consistent Performance. Our different businesses and
geographical markets provide a buffer for a cyclical downturn in any
one area. AMP cannot achieve that kind of consistent performance on
its own.
Business Processes. AMP can take advantage of the business
processes and best practices we have developed across a wide array of
businesses in different industries.
Employees. Our businesses also would offer many more career
opportunities for your employees. In addition, we have a
state-of-the-art education program. For example, we have been able to
drive our 'six sigma' initiatives throughout the company largely by
using internal resources.
If we are to be successful, both confidentiality and speed are of
the essence. Hence, this proposal is conditioned on your keeping the
existence of this letter and the proposal confidential, and I ask that
you respond to me promptly. I am available to meet with you at your
convenience next week and to begin discussions immediately. We are
willing to discuss any and all concerns you may have.
Bill, as you may know, I have thought about this possible
combination for a long time, and I am convinced that together we will
become a powerful force in the ever more competitive marketplace of
tomorrow. If permitted, I will do all within my power to convince you of
the merits of this combination.
You can reach me at [telephone number omitted].
Sincerely,
/s/ Larry'
On the morning of August 4, 1998, Mr. Bossidy attempted to contact Mr.
Hudson and was informed that Mr. Hudson was unavailable. Mr. Hudson's assistant
called later that day to inform Mr. Bossidy that Mr. Hudson would contact him no
later than August 5, 1998. Also on the morning of August 4, 1998, Peter M.
Kreindler, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Parent,
attempted unsuccessfully to contact Charles W. Goonrey, Vice President and
General Legal Counsel of the Company. Subsequent to these telephone calls, Mr.
Bossidy sent the following letter to the Company Board:
'August 4, 1998
Board of Directors
AMP Incorporated
470 Friendship Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
I am writing to you after my unsuccessful attempts to make contact
with Bill Hudson to discuss a proposal for the strategic combination of
our two companies in a manner that truly serves the vital best interests
of the employees, customers, shareowners and communities of which we are
a part. Specifically, in our letter of July 30 I proposed that
AlliedSignal acquire all the outstanding shares of AMP for $43.50 per
share in cash, or for a higher price if all or a significant portion of
the consideration were AlliedSignal shares rather than cash.
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It is our desire to enter into direct discussions about this
transaction with you. However, because Mr. Hudson has not responded to
my calls and letter, we have decided to commence a tender offer for all
outstanding shares of AMP for an enhanced price of $44.50 per share in
cash. A combination is clearly in the best interests of both companies
and all of their constituencies, and we are committed to completing it.
The AlliedSignal Board of Directors has unanimously authorized this
offer, and adequate financing is available. Accordingly, if AMP is
unwilling to enter negotiations, AlliedSignal is prepared to initiate a
consent solicitation to increase the size of the AMP Board of Directors
and to add a majority of directors who will be responsive to our
proposal.
As I said in my letter to Mr. Hudson last week, and as I will tell
you in person if you permit me to present our proposal in person, a
combination of our companies makes compelling business sense and is
consistent with both the letter and spirit of the laws governing
businesses in Pennsylvania. I hope that we can work together in a
professional and constructive manner so that your constituencies can
enjoy the benefits of our combination as soon as possible. In
particular:
For AMP shareowners, an acquisition of AMP shares for $44.50
in cash provides the opportunity to realize an immediate premium of
about 55% over the market price of AMP's shares. If we exchange
AlliedSignal shares for AMP shares on a tax-free basis, your
shareowners would be able to participate in the future growth of a
new AlliedSignal/AMP enterprise. We are confident that our business
approach, which over the past six years has enabled us to grow
earnings per share at a compound average annual rate of 21% and
increase our market value six-fold, would create significant value if
applied to AMP's business. AlliedSignal can also bring to bear on
AMP's business the important advantages we have in size and scale,
technology, management depth, operational excellence and financial
strength. Finally, AMP shareowners would benefit from owning a stock
with a demonstrated record of consistent performance.
For AMP employees, the size of AlliedSignal and scope of our
businesses would offer many more career opportunities than they have
currently. AlliedSignal has been named by Fortune as one of the best
100 companies in America for which to work.
For AMP customers, our business approach and Six Sigma
operational initiatives ensure that we achieve world-class design and
production capabilities in all our businesses, everywhere we operate.
I look forward to speaking with you soon.
Sincerely,
Larry Bossidy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer'
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On August 4, 1998, Parent publicly announced its intention to commence the
Offer.
On August 10, 1998, Purchaser commenced the Offer and Mr. Bossidy sent the
following letter to Mr. Hudson:
'August 10, 1998
Mr. William J. Hudson, Jr.
President
AMP Incorporated
470 Friendship Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
Dear Bill:
As you know, we commenced our tender offer today. I also wanted to
advise you that we will be filing materials with the Securities and
Exchange Commission shortly to prepare to begin a consent solicitation.
We continue to believe in the merits of the proposed combination
for both our companies, and I want to reiterate that we strongly prefer
to negotiate an agreement that best serves the vital interests of all of
your shareowners, employees and other stakeholders. Therefore, I am
again requesting a meeting with you to discuss our proposal in a
professional and constructive manner. I am prepared to meet at a time
and place convenient to you. I will call you tomorrow to ask when we can
meet.
Sincerely,
Lawrence A. Bossidy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer'
On August 11, 1998, Mr. Bossidy received the following letter from Mr.
Hudson:
'August 11, 1998
VIA FACSIMILE
Mr. Lawrence A. Bossidy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
AlliedSignal, Inc.
P.O. Box 3000
Morristown, NJ 07962
Dear Larry:
I received your letter yesterday afternoon and am writing to let
you know that I will pass on to the AMP Board of Directors your request
for a meeting to discuss AlliedSignal's proposal. The AMP Board will be
meeting in the near future to review the offer recently commenced by
AlliedSignal. However, until the Board has an opportunity to consider
the offer, as well as your request for a meeting, I believe that a
meeting between us would be premature. If after considering the offer,
the Board believes that a meeting would be appropriate, I will be in
touch with you promptly following such a decision.
I would appreciate your understanding on this matter.
Sincerely,
William J. Hudson,
Chief Executive Officer and President'
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SOLICITATION OF CONSENTS
Solicitation of consents may be made by the directors, officers, investor
relations personnel and other employees of Parent, Purchaser and their
affiliates and by the Nominees. Consents will be solicited by mail,
advertisement, telephone or telecopier and in person. No such persons will
receive additional compensation for such solicitation.
In addition, Parent and Purchaser have retained Morrow to assist in the
solicitation, for which services Morrow will be paid a fee of $250,000 and will
be reimbursed for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Parent has also agreed
to indemnify Morrow against certain liabilities and expenses, including certain
liabilities and expenses under the Federal securities laws. It is anticipated
that between 50 to 75 persons will be employed by Morrow to solicit
shareholders. Morrow is also acting as Information Agent in connection with the
Offer, for which Morrow will be paid reasonable and customary compensation in
addition to reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
Banks, brokers, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries will be requested to
forward solicitation material to beneficial owners of the shares of Company
Common Stock. Parent will reimburse banks, brokers, custodians, nominees and
fiduciaries for their reasonable expenses for sending solicitation material to
the beneficial owners.
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC ('Lazard') and Goldman, Sachs & Co. ('Goldman
Sachs') are acting as Dealer Managers in connection with the Offer and as
investment bankers for Parent and Purchaser in connection with the Offer and
related transactions. Parent and Purchaser have agreed to pay each of Lazard and
Goldman Sachs $12,000,000 in connection therewith. Parent and Purchaser have
also agreed to reimburse Lazard and Goldman Sachs for their reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of their
counsel and to indemnify Lazard and Goldman Sachs and certain related persons
against certain liabilities and expenses, including certain liabilities and
expenses under the Federal securities laws.
In connection with the engagement of Lazard and Goldman Sachs as investment
bankers, Parent and Purchaser anticipate that three representatives of Lazard
and four representatives of Goldman Sachs may communicate in person, by
telephone or otherwise, with a limited number of institutions, brokers or other
persons who are shareholders of the Company for the purpose of assisting in the
solicitation of consents. Neither Lazard nor Goldman Sachs will receive any
additional fee for or in connection with such solicitation activities by its
representatives apart from the fees it is otherwise entitled to receive as
described above.
Certain information about the employees of Parent who are not Nominees and
certain representatives of Purchaser and Parent who will assist Morrow in
soliciting consents is set forth in Annex II. Annex III sets forth certain
information relating to the ownership of shares of the Company Common Stock by
Parent and Purchaser, their directors, executive officers, employees and
representatives, and the Nominees, and with respect to transactions between
any of them and the Company.
The cost of the solicitation of consents to the Proposals will be borne by
Parent. Parent will not seek reimbursement of the costs of this solicitation
from the Company. Costs related to the solicitation of consents to the Proposals
include expenditures for attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consent
solicitors, public relations advisors, printing, advertising, postage,
litigation and related expenses and filing fees and are expected to aggregate
approximately $ million, of which $ million has been spent to date. The
portion of such costs allocable solely to the solicitation of consents to the
Proposals is not readily determinable.
CONSENT PROCEDURE
Section 2524 of the PBCL states that actions may be authorized by
shareholders by less than unanimous written consent if permitted by a
corporation's articles of incorporation. Article IX of the Company's Articles of
Incorporation provides that 'any action that may be taken at a meeting of the
shareholders . . . may be taken without a meeting if proper consent is made to
the action.' It further states that 'any such action may be taken without a
meeting upon the written consent of shareholders that would be necessary to
authorize the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote
were present and voting.'
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Section 1763 of the PBCL provides that, unless otherwise provided in a
corporation's bylaws, if no record date has been fixed by the board of
directors, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to consent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be the first date on which a
signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is
delivered to the corporation. Section 1.7.2 of the Company By-laws provides that
any shareholder seeking to have the shareholders of the Company authorize or
take action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary of the
Company, request that the Company Board fix a record date. The Company Board is
required to promptly, but in all events within 10 days of the date on which the
request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. If the Company
Board does not fix a record date within 10 days after the receipt of the
request, the record date for the solicitation will be the date on which the
first signed consent is delivered to the Company. On August 11, Parent and
Purchaser requested that the Company Board fix August 31, 1998 as the record
date for the consent solicitation made hereby. [On , 1998, the
Company Board fixed , 1998 as the Record Date.] [The Company Board
did not fix a record date for the solicitation made hereby prior to ,
1998. On , 1998, Parent delivered a signed consent to
the Company in favor of the Proposals. Accordingly, the Record Date is
, 1998.]
EFFECTIVENESS AND REVOCATION OF CONSENTS
The corporate actions proposed herein will be adopted when properly
completed, unrevoked consents consenting to the Proposals are signed by the
holders of record as of the close of business on the Record Date of a majority
of the shares of Company Common Stock then outstanding, and such consents are
delivered to the Company, provided that the requisite consents are so delivered
within 90 days of the Record Date. The effectiveness of each Proposal is subject
to, and conditioned upon, the adoption of all other Proposals by the holders of
record, as of the close of business on the Record Date, of a majority of the
shares of Company Common Stock then outstanding.
Under Section 1.7.3 of the Company By-laws, the Secretary of the Company is
required to designate an independent qualified inspector in connection with this
consent solicitation. The inspector is required, as soon as practicable after
receipt of written consents for adoption of the Proposals, to conduct such
reasonable investigations as the inspector deems necessary or appropriate for
the purpose of ascertaining the validity of the consents, including determining
whether the holders of shares of Company Common Stock having the requisite
voting power to authorize the Proposals have given consent. If after this
investigation, the inspector determines that actions proposed by this consent
solicitation have been validly taken, that fact is to be certified on the
Company's records. Purchaser plans to present the results of a successful
solicitation with respect to the corporate actions proposed herein to the
Company as soon as possible.
An executed consent card may be revoked by signing, dating and delivering a
written revocation at any time prior to the date that the Company has received
the required number of properly completed, unrevoked consents to authorize the
proposed actions. The delivery of a subsequently dated consent card that is
properly completed and signed will constitute a revocation of any earlier
consent card delivered by such holder. The revocation may be delivered either to
Parent and Purchaser in care of Morrow & Co., Inc., 909 Third Avenue, 20th
Floor, New York, NY 10022, or to the Company at 470 Friendship Road, Harrisburg,
PA 17111 or any other address provided by the Company. Although a revocation is
effective if delivered to the Company, Purchaser requests that either the
original or photostatic copies of all revocations of consents be mailed or
delivered to Parent and Purchaser in care of Morrow at the address set forth
above, so that Parent and Purchaser will be aware of all revocations and can
more accurately determine if and when unrevoked consents to the actions
described in this Consent Statement have been received from the holders of
record on the Record Date of a majority of outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
If you were a record holder of shares of Company Common Stock as of the
close of business on the Record Date, you may elect to consent to, withhold
consent to or abstain with respect to each Proposal by marking the 'CONSENT',
'DOES NOT CONSENT' or 'ABSTAIN' box, as applicable,
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underneath each such Proposal on the accompanying BLUE consent card and signing,
dating and returning it promptly in the enclosed post-paid envelope.
If the shareholder signing, dating and returning the BLUE consent card has
failed to check a box marked 'CONSENT', 'DOES NOT CONSENT' or 'ABSTAIN' for
all of the Proposals, such shareholder will be deemed to have consented to all
of the Proposals, except that such shareholder will not be deemed to have
consented to the election of any Nominee whose name is written in on the consent
card.
PARENT AND PURCHASER RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSENT TO EACH OF THE PROPOSALS.
YOUR CONSENT IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE MARK, SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED BLUE
CONSENT CARD AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE PROMPTLY.
FAILURE TO RETURN YOUR CONSENT CARD WILL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS VOTING AGAINST
THE PROPOSALS.
If your shares of Company Common Stock are held in the name of a brokerage
firm, bank nominee or other institution, only such entity can execute a consent
with respect to your shares of Company Common Stock and only upon receipt of
specific instructions from you. Accordingly, you should contact the person
responsible for your account and give instructions for the BLUE consent card to
be signed representing your shares of Company Common Stock. Parent and Purchaser
urge you to confirm in writing your instructions to the person responsible for
your account and provide a copy of those instructions to the Parent and
Purchaser in care of Morrow at the address set forth above so that Parent and
Purchaser will be aware of all instructions given and can attempt to ensure that
such instructions are followed.
DISSENTERS' RIGHTS
Shareholders of the Company are not entitled to dissenters' rights in
connection with the Proposals.
If a Proposed Merger is consummated involving all or part cash
consideration, dissenters' rights would be provided in accordance with Section
1930(a) of the PBCL. In that event, any issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock held by persons who object to the Proposed Merger and comply with all the
provisions of the PBCL concerning the right of holders of Shares to dissent from
the Proposed Merger and require valuation of their shares of Company Common
Stock will not be converted into the right to receive the consideration to be
paid pursuant to the Proposed Merger but will become the right to receive
payment of the 'fair value' of their shares of Common Stock (exclusive of any
element of appreciation or depreciation in anticipation of the Proposed Merger).
Dissenters' rights cannot be exercised at this time. Shareholders who will
be entitled to dissenters' rights in connection with the Proposed Merger (or
similar business combination) will receive additional information concerning any
available dissenters' rights and the procedures to be followed in connection
therewith before the shareholders have to take any action relating thereto.
EXECUTING A WRITTEN CONSENT IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSALS WILL NOT PREVENT A
SHAREHOLDER FROM DEMANDING APPRAISAL OF HIS OR HER SHARES IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PROPOSED MERGER.
LITIGATION
On August 4, 1998, Parent filed a complaint against the Company in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (the
'Complaint'). The Complaint seeks: (i) declaratory relief declaring the Dead
Hand Provision of the Rights Agreement invalid; (ii) injunctive relief requiring
the Company Board to redeem the Rights and exempt the Offer from the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Business Combination Statute; (iii) declaratory and
injunctive relief prohibiting any effort by the Company to manipulate or
otherwise subvert the process of corporate democracy by (a) amending the Company
By-laws, (b) increasing the size of the Company Board, (c) fixing a record date
for determining shareholders entitled to execute consents in response to this
consent solicitation more than ten (10) days after the date that Parent gives
notice demanding that such a record date be
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fixed, or (d) taking any other action to frustrate the Offer or
this consent solicitation that Parent is conducting to facilitate the
Offer and Proposed Merger; and (iv) declaratory relief declaring that,
to the extent that the Dead Hand Provision and other anti-takeover devices
that preclude tender offers and consent solicitations are permitted under
Pennsylvania law, such law is unconstitutional under the Supremacy and Commerce
Clauses of the United States Constitution.
ALLIEDSIGNAL INC.
PMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
If you have any questions or require any assistance in executing or
delivering your consent, please call:
MORROW & CO., INC.
909 Third Avenue
20th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Toll Free (800) 566-9061
Call Collect (212) 754-8000
Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call:
(800) 662-5200
Dated: August , 1998
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ANNEX I
SHARE OWNERSHIP OF THE COMPANY'S DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The following is an excerpt from the Company Proxy Statement. Although
Parent does not have any knowledge that would indicate that any information
contained in such excerpt is inaccurate or incomplete, Parent does not take any
responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS
The following table identifies the total Common Stock ownership for each of
the Company's directors as of March 3, 1998.
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TOTAL BENEFICIAL
AMOUNT AND NATURE OF AMOUNT OF PHANTOM AND
NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OWNERSHIP PHANTOM OWNERSHIP
BENEFICIAL OWNER (SHARES) (1)(2) (SHARES) (3) (SHARES)
- - -------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Ralph D. DeNunzio..................... 8,000(5) 3,170 11,170 shares
Barbara H. Franklin................... 5,400(6) 1,879 7,279 shares
Joseph M. Hixon III................... 1,653,385(7) 7,897 1,661,282 shares
William J. Hudson, Jr. ............... 359,885(14)(15) 35,040(4) 394,925 shares
Joseph Magliochetti................... 2,000(8) 1,945 3,945 shares
James E. Marley....................... 270,062(9)(14)(15) 25,737(4) 295,799 shares
Harold A. McInnes..................... 43,071 0 43,071 shares
Jerome J. Meyer....................... 5,300(10) 2,811 8,111 shares
John C. Morley........................ 7,400(11) 6,554 13,954 shares
Paul G. Schloemer..................... 8,000(12) 0 8,000 shares
Takeo Shiina.......................... 6,120(13) 2,628 8,748 shares
</TABLE>
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(1) Each Director owns less than 1% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock.
(2) Unless otherwise indicated, each director possesses sole voting and
dispositive power (beneficial ownership) with respect to the shares set
forth opposite his or her name. Numbers shown in this column include
options the director has the right to acquire as beneficial owner within
60 days after March 3, 1998.
(3) Numbers shown in this column include phantom shares: (i) credited to
outside directors under the Outside Directors Deferred Stock Accumulation
Plan, as described on page 8 of the Company Proxy Statement; and (ii)
credited to outside and non-employee directors for compensation deferred at
the election of the director, as described on page 7 of the Company Proxy
Statement.
(4) Designated executive officers of the Company may defer up to 50% of their
base salary and all officers are entitled to defer receipt of all or a
portion of their annual cash bonus. Deferred compensation may be allocated
to a phantom AMP Common Stock account under the Company's Deferred
Compensation Plan, as described in footnote 1 to the Summary Compensation
Table on page 11 of the Company Proxy Statement. Such phantom shares are
reported in this number. This number also includes phantom shares of Common
Stock credited to the designated executive officer in an amount equal to
the dividend earned on Performance Restricted Shares, as described in
footnote 3 to the Summary Compensation Table on page 12 and footnote 3 to
the Security Ownership of Executive Officers Table on page 20 of the
Company Proxy Statement.
(5) Mr. DeNunzio also holds 2,000 options granted under the Company's Stock
Option Plan for Outside Directors that are not exercisable until on or
after July 1, 1998.
(6) Ms. Franklin also holds 2,000 options granted under the Company's Stock
Option Plan for Outside Directors that are not exercisable until on or
after July 1, 1998.
(7) Mr. Hixon holds 15,791 and 122,192 of these shares in two limited
partnerships and shares voting and dispositive powers. In addition to the
beneficial ownership shown in the table, Mr. Hixon has a 2% residual
beneficial interest but no voting or dispositive powers in a trust that
holds 7,392 shares
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of Common Stock of the Company. He also holds 2,000 options granted under
the Company's Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors that are not
exercisable until on or after July 1, 1998.
(8) Mr. Magliochetti also holds 2,000 options granted under the Company's Stock
Option Plan for Outside Directors that are not exercisable until on or
after July 1, 1998.
(9) In addition, 211 shares of Common Stock of the Company are owned by members
of Mr. Marley's immediate family; Mr. Marley disclaims beneficial ownership
of this stock. Additionally, 499 shares of Common Stock of the Company are
owned by a member of the immediate family of Mr. Marley in a custodial
account over which Mr. Marley has voting and dispositive powers; Mr. Marley
disclaims beneficial ownership of this stock.
(10) Mr. Meyer also holds 2,000 options granted under the Company's Stock Option
Plan for Outside Directors that are not exercisable until on or after July
1, 1998.
(11) Mr. Morley also holds 2,000 options granted under the Company's Option Plan
for Outside Directors that are not exercisable until on or after July 1,
1998.
(12) Mr. Schloemer holds 1,400 of these shares of Common Stock of the Company in
a family trust of which he is co-trustee with his wife and shares voting
and dispositive powers. In addition to the beneficial ownership shown in
the table, he holds 2,000 options granted under the Company's Stock Option
Plan for Outside Directors that are not exercisable until on or after July
1, 1998.
(13) Mr. Shiina also holds 2,000 options granted under the Company's Stock
Option Plan for Outside Directors that are not exercisable until on or
after July 1, 1998.
(14) A portion of the shares reported for Messrs. Hudson and Marley are
Performance Restricted Shares granted under the Company's 1993 Long-Term
Equity Incentive Plan. Further, a portion of the shares reported for
Messrs. Hudson and Marley are held in the Company's Savings and Trust Plan.
(15) Under the Company's former Bonus Plan (Stock Plus Cash), at December 31,
1997 Mr. Hudson also had 17,402 Stock Bonus Units. Some of the Stock Bonus
Units held by Mr. Hudson will convert within 60 days after March 3, 1998
and are reported in this number. Under the current 1993 Long-Term Equity
Incentive Plan, Mr. Hudson has 419,500 Stock Options, including 61,800
Stock Options transferred to a family limited partnership for the benefit
of Mr. Hudson's immediate family; some of these Stock Options are
exercisable within 60 days after March 3, 1998 and are reported in this
number. Mr. Marley has 303,600 Stock Options; some of these Stock Options
are exercisable within 60 days after March 3, 1998 and are reported in this
number.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table from the Summary Compensation Table of the Company
Proxy Statement identifies the total Common Stock Ownership of each of the
following executive officers of the Company.
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<CAPTION>
AMOUNT OF TOTAL
AMOUNT AND NATURE PHANTOM BENEFICIAL
OF BENEFICIAL BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP AND PHANTOM
NAME AND ADDRESS OF OWNERSHIP OWNERSHIP AS A (SHARES) OWNERSHIP
BENEFICIAL OWNER (SHARES) PERCENT OF CLASS (3) (SHARES)
- - ------------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
William J. Hudson, Jr. ................... 359,885(1)(2)(4) less than 1 35,040 394,925
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
James E. Marley .......................... 270,062(2)(4) less than 1 25,737 295,799
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Robert Ripp .............................. 101,028(4) less than 1 6,024 107,052
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Juergen W. Gromer ........................ 39,942(4) less than 1 158 40,100
Langen, Germany
John E. Gurski ........................... 84,073(4) less than 1 12,129 96,202
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
All Executive Officers (18 Persons) and
Directors as a Group.................... 2,896,211(1)(2)(4) 1.31 142,215 3,038,426
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(1) Three executive officers have the right to acquire an undeterminable number
of shares under the Company's Bonus Plan (Stock Plus Cash) within 60 days
after March 3, 1998.
(2) A portion of the shares reported for 17 executive officers are held in the
Company's Employee Savings and Thrift Plan. Through further contributions to
this plan, all 17 executive officers may acquire an undeterminable number of
additional shares within 60 days after March 3, 1998.
(3) Numbers in this column include phantom shares credited to executive officers
under a deferred compensation plan and/or in association with dividend
reinvestment of Performance Restricted Shares issued to designated officers.
Pursuant to the deferred compensation plan, designated executive officers
may defer receipt of up to 50% of their annual base salary and all officers
of the Company may defer receipt of all or a portion of their annual cash
bonus. Deferred compensation may be allocated to a phantom AMP Common Stock
account, as described in footnote 1 to the Summary Compensation Table on
page 11 of the Company Proxy Statement. Dividends earned on Performance
Restricted Shares are credited to the executive officer's account and are
deemed to be invested in phantom shares of Common Stock. These phantom
shares vest only when, and to the extend the associated Performance
Restricted Shares vest, as described in footnote 3 to the Summary
Compensation Table on page 12 of the Company Proxy Statement.
(4) In addition, a total of 8,782 shares are held by immediate family members of
four executive officers, either directly or in a custodial account over
which the executive officer has voting and dispositive powers; the executive
officers disclaim beneficial ownership. Additionally, a director has a 2%
residual beneficial interest, but no voting or dispositive powers in a trust
that holds 7,392 shares of Common Stock of the Company. Of the beneficial
ownership reported in this number, 15,791 and 122,192 shares are held by a
director in two limited partnerships over which he shares voting and
dispositive powers, and another director holds 1,400 shares in a family
trust of which he is co-trustee with his wife and shares voting and
dispositive powers. Also, nine directors hold a total of 64,000 options,
some of which are exercisable within 60 days after March 3, 1998 and are
reported in this number, and eighteen executive officers hold a total of
1,606,145 options, some of which are exercisable within 60 days after March
3, 1998 and are reported in this number, and 44,304 Stock Bonus Units, some
of which will convert within 60 days after March 3, 1998 and are reported in
this number. Of the total number of options held by executive officers and
described above, 419,500 are held by Mr. Hudson, of which 61,800 have been
transferred to a family limited partnership.
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ANNEX II
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS OF PARENT AND PURCHASER WHO ARE NOT NOMINEES AND CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND
OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF PARENT AND PURCHASER
The following table sets forth the name and the present principal
occupation or employment, and the name and principal business address of any
corporation or other organization in which such employment is carried on, of (1)
the employees of Parent and Purchaser who are not Nominees and (2) certain
representatives of Parent and Purchaser who may assist Morrow in soliciting
consents from the Company's shareholders. Information regarding Nominees is set
forth in 'THE PROPOSALS -- Election of Nominees.' Unless otherwise indicated,
each person listed below is employed by Parent and the principal business
address of each person listed below is 101 Columbia Road, P.O. Box 4000,
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-2497.
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<CAPTION>
PRESENT PRINCIPAL
NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ADDRESS OCCUPATION OR EMPLOYMENT
- - ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Robert J. Buckley Manager, Investor Relations
G. Peter D'Aloia Vice President, Planning and Development
Robert F. Friel Vice President and Treasurer
John W. Gamble, Jr. Assistant Treasurer
James V. Gelly Vice President, Finance, Aerospace Marketing, Sales & Service
1944 East Sky Harbor Circle
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Steven J. Golub Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Peter Gross Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Robert S. Harrison Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Yasushi Hatakeyama Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Peter Labbat Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Mark T. McMaster Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Wayne L. Moore Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
John L. Stauch Director, Investor Relations
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ANNEX III
SHARES HELD BY PURCHASER, PARENT, THEIR
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND
OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF PURCHASER AND PARENT AND THE NOMINEES
AND CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN ANY OF THEM AND THE COMPANY
On July 31, 1998, a subsidiary of Parent purchased 100 shares of Company
Common Stock for $29.6875 per share. Such shares were subsequently transferred
to Parent. No part of the purchase price or market value of any of such shares
was represented by funds borrowed or otherwise obtained for the purpose of
acquiring or holding such shares. Purchaser and Parent disclaim beneficial
ownership of any shares of Company Common Stock owned by any pension plan of
Parent or any affiliate of Parent.
Both Lazard and Goldman Sachs 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 business, each of Lazard and Goldman
Sachs may trade securities of the Company for its own account and the accounts
of its customers and, accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short position
in such securities. Lazard has informed Parent that, as of August 6, 1998,
Lazard held a net long position of approximately 20,861 shares of Company Common
Stock, and Goldman Sachs has informed Parent that, as of August 7, 1998, Goldman
Sachs held a net long position of 800,000 shares of Company Common Stock.
Except as disclosed in this Consent Statement, none of Parent, Purchaser,
their directors or executive officers, the Nominees or the employees or other
representatives of Purchaser or Parent named in Annex II owns any securities of
the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company, beneficially or of
record; has purchased or sold any such securities within the past two years; or
is or was within the past year a party to any contract, arrangement or
understanding with any person with respect to such securities. Except as
disclosed in this Consent Statement, to the best knowledge of Purchaser, Parent,
their directors or executive officers, the Nominees and the employees and other
representatives of Purchaser or Parent named in Annex II, none of their
associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, any securities of the
Company.
Except as disclosed in this Consent Statement, none of Purchaser, Parent,
their directors or executive officers, the Nominees, the employees or other
representatives of Purchaser or Parent named in Annex II, or, to their best
knowledge, their associates has any arrangement or understanding with any person
(1) with respect to any future employment by the Company or its affiliates or
(2) with respect to future transactions to which the Company or any of its
affiliates will or may be a party, nor any material interest, direct or
indirect, in any transaction that has occurred since January 1, 1997, or any
currently proposed transaction, or series of similar transactions, which the
Company or any of its affiliates was or is to be a party and in which the amount
involved exceeds $60,000. Certain Nominees, directors and executive officers of
Parent or Purchaser and/or their respective associates may also be directors or
officers of other companies and organizations that have engaged in transactions
with the Company or its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business since
January 1, 1997, but Parent and Purchaser believes that the interest of such
persons in such transactions is not material.
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ANNEX IV
FORM OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO THE COMPANY BY-LAWS
1. Proposed Amendment to Section 2.2 of Article II
Section 2.2 of Article II of the Company By-laws is amended, in its
entirety, to read as follows:
'The number of directors of the Corporation shall be twenty-eight.
This Section 2.2 may be repealed or amended only with the affirmative vote
of holders of a majority of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote
thereon.'
2. Proposed Amendment to Section 2.4 of Article II
Section 2.4 of Article II of the Company By-laws is amended by replacing
the first sentence thereof with the following:
'Vacancies in the Board, however caused, may be filled by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors even though less
than a quorum of the Board, or by the sole remaining director, provided,
however, that any vacancies in the Board created by an amendment by
shareholders of these By-laws shall be filled only by the affirmative vote
of holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon. The
preceding sentence may be repealed or amended only with the affirmative
vote of holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon.'
3. Proposed Amendment to Section 1.7.2 of Article 1
Section 1.7.2 of Article 1 is amended by adding the following sentence
after the last sentence thereof:
'Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of these
By-laws, any shareholder seeking to nominate candidates for election to the
Board pursuant to the shareholder action by written consent need not comply
with any advance notification provisions contained in these By-laws,
including, without limitation, Section 1.5.3 hereof. The preceding sentence
may be repealed or amended only with the affirmative vote of holders of a
majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon.'
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APPENDIX 1
[BLUE CONSENT CARD] [FORM OF CONSENT CARD]
PRELIMINARY COPY -- SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
SOLICITATION ON BEHALF OF ALLIEDSIGNAL INC. AND
PMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
Unless otherwise indicated below, the undersigned, a shareholder of record
of AMP Incorporated (the 'Company') as of the close of business on ,
1998 (the 'Record Date'), hereby consents, pursuant to Sections 1766 and 2524 of
the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law and Article IX of the Company's
articles of incorporation with respect to all shares of common stock without par
value of the Company (the 'Company Common Stock') held by the undersigned, to
the taking of the following actions without a meeting of the shareholders of the
Company:
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1. Amend Section 2.2 of Article II of the Company's By-laws (the 'Company
By-laws') to fix the number of directors of the Company at
twenty-eight.
CONSENT [ ] DOES NOT CONSENT [ ] ABSTAIN [ ]
2. Amend Section 2.4 of Article II of the Company By-laws to provide
that vacancies on the Company's Board of Directors (the 'Company Board')
created as a result of a shareholder amendment to the Company By-laws
may be filled only by a vote of the Company's shareholders.
CONSENT [ ] DOES NOT CONSENT [ ] ABSTAIN [ ]
3. Amend Section 1.7.2 of Article I of the Company By-laws to clarify that
a shareholder seeking to nominate candidates for election to the Company
Board pursuant to shareholder action by written consent need not comply
with the advance notification provisions of the Company By-laws applicable
to the nomination of candidates in connection with meetings of the
shareholders.
CONSENT [ ] DOES NOT CONSENT [ ] ABSTAIN [ ]
4. Elect Hans W. Becherer, Lawrence A. Bossidy, Ann M. Fudge, Paul X.
Kelley, Peter M. Kreindler, Robert P. Luciano, Robert B. Palmer, Russell E.
Palmer, Frederic M.Poses, Donald J. Redlinger, Ivan G. Seidenberg, Andrew C.
Sigler, John R. Stafford, Thomas P. Stafford, Richard F. Wallman, Robert C.
Winters and Henry T. Yang (the 'Nominees') to serve as directors of the
Company (or, if any such Nominee is unable to serve as a director of the
Company due to death, disability or otherwise, any other person designated
as a Nominee by the remaining Nominee or Nominees).
CONSENT [ ] DOES NOT CONSENT [ ] ABSTAIN
INSTRUCTION: TO CONSENT, WITHHOLD CONSENT OR ABSTAIN FROM CONSENTING TO THE
ELECTION OF ALL THE PERSONS NAMED IN PROPOSAL #4, CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX
ABOVE. IF YOU WISH TO CONSENT TO THE ELECTION OF CERTAIN OF THE PERSONS NAMED
IN PROPOSAL #4, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM, CHECK THE 'CONSENTS' BOX ABOVE AND
WRITE THE NAME OF EACH SUCH PERSON YOU DO NOT WISH ELECTED IN THE FOLLOWING
SPACE:
5. Repeal each provision of the Company By-laws or amendments thereto adopted
subsequent to July 22, 1998 and prior to the effectiveness of all of the
foregoing actions.
CONSENT [ ] DOES NOT CONSENT [ ] ABSTAIN
IF NO BOX IS MARKED WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROPOSAL, THE UNDERSIGNED WILL BE
DEEMED TO CONSENT TO SUCH PROPOSAL, EXCEPT THAT THE UNDERSIGNED WILL NOT BE
DEEMED TO CONSENT TO THE ELECTION OF ANY CANDIDATE WHOSE NAME IS WRITTEN-IN
IN THE SPACE PROVIDED.
Please sign exactly as name appears
on stock certificate or on label
affixed hereto. When shares are
held by joint tenants, both should
sign. In case of joint owners, each
joint owner should sign. When
signing as attornery, executor,
administrator, trustee guardian,
corporate officer, etc., give
full title as such.
Dated ........................., 1998
Signature............................
Signature if held jointly............
Title or Authority...................
IN ORDER FOR YOUR CONSENT TO BE VALID, IT MUST BE DATED. PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE
AND MAIL YOUR CONSENT PROMPTLY IN THE POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE ENCLOSED.
The provisions of the Consent Statement dated , 1998
of AlliedSignal Inc. and PMA Acquisition Corporation, which more
fully set forth the amendments to the Company By-Laws described in items 1, 2
and 3 above, including the precise wording of such amendments (see Annex IV),
are incorporated herein by reference.
IN THE ABSENCE OF DISSENT OR ABSTENTION BEING INDICATED ABOVE, THE
UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSENTS TO EACH ACTION LISTED ABOVE.
The effectiveness of each proposal is subject to, and conditioned upon,
the adoption of all the other proposals set forth above by the holders of
record as of the close of business on the Record Date of a majority of the
shares of the Company Common Stock then outstanding (including the receipt of
consents from such holders to the election of each Nominee to the Company).
STATEMENT OF DIFFERENCES
The section symbol shall be expressed as ...........'SS'
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