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PACIFIC
SCIENTIFIC NEWS RELEASE
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620 Newport Center Drive, Suite 700
Newport Beach, California 92660-8007
(714) 720-1714 Fax (714) 720-1083
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Chuck Burgess/Joele Frank
Abernathy MacGregor Frank
(212) 371-5999
PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC BOARD TO REVIEW PROMPTLY
KOLLMORGEN'S REVISED UNSOLICITED OFFER
SHAREHOLDERS URGED TO TAKE NO ACTION UNTIL BOARD RECOMMENDATION
NEWPORT BEACH, CA, January 30, 1998 - Pacific Scientific Company (NYSE: PSX)
announced today that it has received Kollmorgen Corporation's (NYSE: KOL)
revised unsolicited cash tender offer and second-step merger proposal.
Pacific Scientific said that its Board of Directors will promptly review the
offer and will make a recommendation to Pacific Scientific shareholders in due
course.
The Company urged all Pacific Scientific shareholders to take no action on the
revised Kollmorgen offer until Pacific Scientific has publicly announced the
recommendation of its Board of Directors. The revised tender offer continues to
be for approximately 51% of the outstanding shares of Pacific Scientific common
stock and must remain open until at least Friday, February 13, 1998.
Pacific Scientific Company is an international business that designs,
manufactures and markets motion control, process control and safety equipment.
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