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Exhibit (a)(5)(vi)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Fred MacFarlane
Sitrick And Company
(310) 788-2850
INVESTOR GROUP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES CASH TENDER OFFER;
ACQUIRES 96% OF SUNRISE MEDICAL INC.
New York, NY - December 6, 2000--An investor group that includes Vestar Capital
Partners IV, L.P., Park Avenue Equity Partners, L.P. and senior managers of
Sunrise Medical Inc. announced today that it has completed its cash tender offer
for all outstanding shares of common stock of Sunrise Medical Inc. at $10.00 per
share in cash. The offer expired, as scheduled, at 5:00 P.M., New York City
time, on Wednesday, December 6, 2000.
The investor group, through V.S.M. Acquisition Corp., has accepted
for payment all shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the
expiration of the offer. Based on information provided by The Bank of New York,
as depositary, 21,519,946 shares of the common stock of Sunrise Medical
(approximately 96.2% of the 22,359,218 shares outstanding) have been validly
tendered (including approximately 244,277 shares subject to guarantee of
delivery).
Sunrise Medical will be merged with V.S.M. Acquisition Corp. and any
Sunrise Medical shares not previously purchased in the tender offer will be
converted into the right to receive $10.00 in cash, net to the seller, without
interest. The completion of the merger is expected to occur later this month.
Because more than 90% of the outstanding shares have been tendered and accepted
for payment, there will be no subsequent offering period.
Sunrise Medical's common stock is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (Ticker Symbol: SMD). More information about Sunrise Medical is
available at HTTP://WWW.SUNRISEMEDICAL.COM.
