EXHIBIT (a)(1)(K)
July 13, 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DANIEL M. JUNIUS OR
TIMOTHY D. ALTHOF AT (978) 448-6111 (NEBS)
OR
JAMES S. BURY AT 612-979-1700 (PREMIUMWEAR)
NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE, INC. COMPLETES TENDER
OFFER FOR PREMIUMWEAR, INC.
GROTON, MA -- July 13, 2000 -- New England Business Service, Inc.
(NYSE:NEB) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Penguin Sub,
Inc., has accepted for purchase and payment, pursuant to its tender offer
for all of the outstanding shares of the common stock of PremiumWear, Inc.
(NASDAQ: WEAR), at $13.50 per share net to the seller in cash, an
additional 266,085 shares of PremiumWear common stock which were validly
tendered as of the expiration of its tender offer at 5:00 p.m., New York
City Time, on July 12, 2000.
As previously announced, 2,107,205 PremiumWear shares, representing
approximately 82% of the total issued and outstanding PremiumWear shares,
were accepted for purchase and payment on July 10, 2000 following the
previously scheduled expiration of the tender offer. At that time the
tender offer was extended to allow PremiumWear stockholders who did not
previously tender their shares pursuant to the tender offer to do so. As a
result of the extension of the tender offer, a total of 2,373,290
PremiumWear shares, representing approximately 92% of the total issued and
outstanding PremiumWear shares, have been validly tendered and accepted for
purchase and payment as of 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on July 12, 2000.
The tender offer will not be further extended.
The tender offer will be followed by a merger of Penguin Sub, Inc. with and
into PremiumWear. Pursuant to such merger, those PremiumWear stockholders
who did not tender their shares in the tender offer and who do not seek
appraisal of their shares pursuant to the applicable provisions of Delaware
law will have their shares converted into the right to receive $13.50 per
share net to each such stockholder in cash upon due presentation of
certificates representing their shares to EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.,
the Depositary for the tender offer.
New England Business Service, Inc. is a leading business-to-business
provider with 2.5 million active small business customers in the United
States, Canada, the United Kingdom and France. NEBS supplies a wide variety
of business products and services which are marketed through direct mail,
telesales, a direct sales force, dealers and the Internet. More information
about New England Business Service, Inc. is available at its Web site at
http://www.nebs.com.
