SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20547
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
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INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
GREENWAY PARTNERS, L.P.
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PRELIMINARY COPIES
PROXY STATEMENT
IN SUPPORT OF SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
1998 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
OF INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
This Proxy Statement is being furnished to shareholders of Inland Steel
Industries, Inc. ("Inland" or the "Company") in connection with the solicitation
by Greenway Partners, L.P. ("Greenway"), and the other participants described
below under "Certain Information Concerning Greenway and the other Participants
in the Solicitation", who collectively constitute one of the Company's largest
holders of shares of Common Stock, for use at the 1998 Annual Meeting of
shareholders of Inland, which according to Section 2 of Article II of the
Company's By-Laws, shall be held on the fourth Wednesday of May (i.e., May 27,
1998) or such other date as may be determined by the Company's Board of
Directors, and at any adjournment(s) thereof (the "Annual Meeting"). The Company
has not yet announced the time, place or the record date of the Annual Meeting,
but Greenway expects that the Company will provide such information in due
course. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on the record date
will be entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.
NO PROXY CARD FOR USE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IS INCLUDED WITH THIS PROXY
STATEMENT BUT ONE WILL BE PROVIDED BY GREENWAY AFTER THE COMPANY NOTIFIES
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE RECORD DATE AND MATTERS TO BE VOTED UPON AT THE ANNUAL
MEETING OR AT AN EARLIER DATE IF GREENWAY DEEMS IT APPROPRIATE. ANY PROXY CARD
SO DISTRIBUTED BY GREENWAY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED OR PRECEDED BY A REVISED PROXY
STATEMENT SETTING FORTH THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF THE ANNUAL MEETING AS
ANNOUNCED BY THE COMPANY. Any shareholder who executes and delivers such Proxy
will have the right to revoke it at any time before it is exercised, by filing
with Greenway at 277 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10172 or with the Secretary
of the Company at its principal executive offices at 30 West Monroe Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60603, an instrument revoking it or a duly executed Proxy
bearing a later date, or, by appearing in person and voting at the Annual
Meeting.
This Proxy Statement is first being sent or given to shareholders on or
about February __, 1998. The Company has reported in the proxy statement
relating to the 1997 Annual Meeting that as of April 2, 1997, the record date
for such meeting, the Company's outstanding voting securities, together with the
vote to which each is entitled, consists of 48,909,052 shares of common
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stock (one vote per share), 94,202 shares of Series A $2.40 Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock (one vote per share), 3,047,033 shares of Series E
ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock (1.25 votes per share), and $100,000,000
principal amount of the Company's 10.23% Subordinated Voting Notes (30.604 votes
per $1,000 of principal amount). According to the Company's quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1997, there were 48,959,768
shares of common stock outstanding on November 6, 1997. All such voting
securities vote together without regard to class on the matters expected to be
voted upon at the Annual Meeting.
RYERSON TULL PROPOSAL
Greenway Partners, L.P., 277 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10172,
beneficial owner of 830,000 shares of Inland Common Stock, has proposed for the
reasons stated below, the adoption of the following resolution:
RESOLVED, that it is hereby recommended that the Board of
Directors distribute Inland's ownership of Ryerson Tull to its
shareholders through a spin-off transaction or the issuance of
letter stock.
Ryerson Tull could be spun off by the Company making a dividend to its
shareholders of shares of Ryerson Tull's capital stock. As a consequence,
Ryerson Tull would cease to be a subsidiary of the Company and the shareholders
of the Company at the time of the dividend would also own the shares of Ryerson
Tull. Alternatively, the issuance of letter stock through a dividend would
entail an amendment to the Company's charter to create a class of stock,
commonly known as "letter stock," that would be designed to reflect the
financial performance of Ryerson Tull and would have such rights and attributes
as would be determined by the Company's Board of Directors.
Greenway and the other participants described below and their associates
and affiliates own over 4,400,000 shares of Inland, making them one of the
largest stockholders with over 9%. Greenway continues to believe that the stock
market is not yet granting Inland and Ryerson Tull the full benefits of a
separation into two independent companies because Inland still holds
approximately 87% of the economic interest in Ryerson Tull -- the largest metals
service center in the United States.
Greenway believes value can be created for shareholders if Inland
distributes its ownership of Ryerson Tull to Inland
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shareholders. Alternatively, if more advantageous from a tax point of view,
Inland could instead distribute to its shareholders a so-called "letter stock"
reflecting Inland's economic interest in Ryerson Tull's business. Greenway had
suggested the use of "letter stock" last year in answer to management's
allegation then that federal income taxes would increase significantly if
Ryerson Tull were spun off and its income could no longer be offset by Inland's
substantial tax loss carryforwards. Distributing "letter stock", Greenway
believes, solves any tax concerns.
Spin-offs have become a much admired and accepted practice which allow
managements to become more focused upon and more accountable for their
respective businesses. Investors, potential capital sources and analysts are
able to price more efficiently the separate businesses.
Companies such as AT&T/Lucent; Pacific Telesis/Air Touch; Sears
Roebuck/Dean Witter Discover; and Santa Fe Energy/Monterey Resources have had an
initial public offering of less than 20% of the economic interest in one of
their separate businesses followed by a spin-off distribution of the remaining
equity interest to their shareholders. Greenway urges Inland to follow this
successful pattern with Ryerson Tull.
Likewise, the concept of "letter stock" is not new and has been used in
the steel industry by USX Corp. Although USX Corp. remains as one company, its
steel, oil and natural gas businesses trade separately as "letter stocks".
Similarly, the Hughes Electronics business of General Motors trades as a "letter
stock", as did Electronic Data Systems until its full spin-off.
Following the distribution of Ryerson Tull through a spin-off or the
issuance of "letter stock", Greenway believes Ryerson Tull would be a higher
multiple stock than at present that could be used to purchase other metals
service centers or to raise cash in the public market for business expansion.
Greenway also continues to believe some consolidation in the domestic
steel industry is desirable and should occur as is happening among foreign
producers. As a steel producer, Inland ranks only sixth in the nation, with
annual revenues of approximately $2.5 billion. Given Inland's size in the steel
industry, Inland's Board also should consider actively seeking a merger partner.
Greenway recommends that the shareholders vote FOR the adoption of the
foregoing shareholder proposal.
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POISON PILL PROPOSAL
Greenway proposes, for the reasons stated below, the adoption by the
shareholders of the following resolution:
RESOLVED, that it is hereby recommended that the Board of
Directors terminate the Rights Agreement dated November 25, 1997 and
redeem the rights distributed thereunder unless the Rights Agreement is
approved by the affirmative vote of shareholders at a meeting and that
this policy of shareholder approval apply to all "rights plans" considered
at any time by the Board.
The Company's Board of Directors has determined, without seeking
shareholder approval, to renew a rights plan scheduled to expire on December 17,
1997 by approving a new Rights Agreement dated November 25, 1997 (the "Renewed
Rights Agreement"), and distributing rights thereunder to the shareholders on
November 25,
1997.
Greenway believes that these devices, often called "poison pills", serve
to insulate management from direct shareholder accountability. Indeed, the
Company's actions in instituting the Renewed Rights Agreement without a vote of
its shareholders demonstrates such insulation. This resolution merely asks that
when the Company seeks to "protect" its shareholders through a "rights plan"
that it first asks its shareholders opinion.
Greenway recommends that the shareholders vote FOR the adoption of the
foregoing shareholder proposal.
NATURE OF PROPOSALS
Both the Ryerson Tull proposal and the "poison pill" proposal are
non-binding recommendations; even if the shareholders adopt these proposals, the
Company's Board of Directors would not be required to take the recommended
actions.
VOTE REQUIRED
Approval of each of the proposals requires the affirmative vote of a
majority of the votes of the voting securities of the Company present in person
or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Annual Meeting.
Votes that are withheld will have the effect of votes against these proposals,
while broker non- votes will not affect the outcome.
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CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING GREENWAY
AND THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION
Information concerning Greenway, Alfred D. Kingsley and Gary K.
Duberstein, who are each "participants in the solicitation" as defined in the
proxy rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and their affiliates and
associates, is set forth on Appendix A hereto.
Greenway, Alfred D. Kingsley and Gary K. Duberstein, and each of their
affiliates and associates, intend to vote their shares of Inland Common Stock in
accordance with the recommendations of Greenway set forth herein.
PRIOR PROPOSALS MADE BY GREENWAY
Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, a proposal by Greenway
recommending the spin-off of Ryerson Tull was included in the Company's Proxy
Statement delivered to shareholders in connection with the Company's 1997 annual
meeting. That proposal was not passed and was opposed by the Company's
management on the grounds that a spin-off of Ryerson Tull would increase
Ryerson's federal income taxes, because its income could not be offset by the
Company's tax carryforwards of net operating losses and alternative minimum tax
credits.
In response to management's tax concerns, Greenway suggested the "letter
stock" approach in lieu of effecting a spin-off. Under the letter stock
approach, the Company would distribute a "lettered stock" to shareholders which
would be designed to reflect the financial performance of Ryerson Tull, while
permitting Ryerson Tull to remain a member of the Company's consolidated group
for tax and other purposes. However, Greenway continues to also support a
spin-off on the grounds that any diminution of the tax benefits available to
Ryerson Tull upon a spin-off are offset by the value to the shareholders of the
distribution of Ryerson Tull to them as a stand-alone entity.
CERTAIN INTERESTS IN THE PROPOSALS AND
WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
To the knowledge of Greenway, neither Greenway nor any other Participant
nor any of their associates, or controlling persons thereof, have any direct or
indirect economic or other interests in the proposals which differ in any way
from the other shareholders of the Company. To the best of the knowledge of
Greenway, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships
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(any of the foregoing persons legal or otherwise) among Greenway, any other
Participant or their respective associates or controlling persons or between
Greenway or any of the foregoing persons with respect to any securities of the
Company except as follows: As described in Appendix A hereto, the respective
partnership agreements of Greenway and Greentree Partners, L.P. ("Greentree"),
an affiliate of Greenway, each contains provisions whereby its general partners
(i.e., Greenhouse Partners, L.P. in the case of Greenway and Greenhut, L.L.C. in
the case of Greentree, each affiliates of Greenway) will receive annually a
certain percentage of realized and unrealized profits, if any, derived from the
partnership's investments. The agreements governing Greensea Offshore, L.P.
("Greensea"), an affiliate of Greenway, provide that Greenhut Overseas, L.L.C.,
an affiliate of Greenway that acts as its investment general partner, will
receive annually a certain percentage of realized and unrealized profits, if
any, derived from Greensea's investments. Greenbelt Corp., an affiliate of
Greenway, also receives annually a certain percentage of realized and unrealized
profits, if any, resulting from the investments in each of its managed accounts.
ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF PROPOSALS
In connection with the Ryerson Tull proposal, Greenway has undertaken an
analysis of the potential market value of shares of Ryerson Tull's stock if
Ryerson Tull were a separate, stand-alone public company, based upon a review of
the market value for publicly traded shares of Ryerson Tull's "peer group" as
identified in Ryerson Tull's Proxy Statement relating to its 1997 annual
shareholders' meeting. Such analysis indicates that, as of January 30, 1998, the
six publicly traded companies identified as being members of such peer group
were valued at an average of approximately 22.1021 times their respective
earnings per share for the most recently completed 12 month period reported by
each of such companies and, if the companies with the highest and lowest
price/earnings multiples in such peer group were excluded, the remaining four
companies were valued at an average of 17.435 times their respective earnings
per share for each period. Based on such a price/earnings multiples, Ryerson
Tull, on a stand alone basis, would have a market value of either $35.36 per
share or $27.90 per share, respectively, based upon Ryerson Tull's 1997 earnings
of $1.60 per share. (Greenway notes that the closing price of Ryerson Tull stock
on January 30, 1998 was $13.38 per share on volume of 6,200, which lower price
Greenway attributes to the fact that only 13% of Ryerson Tull's stock is
publicly traded and therefore the trading volume is extremely thin). If the
Company distributed its Ryerson Tull shares to the Company's shareholders, each
shareholder would receive approximately 0.7 share of Ryerson Tull common stock
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for each share of the Company's common stock held by such shareholder. Such 0.7
share of Ryerson Tull common stock would, based upon the above noted
price/earnings multiples, have a value of either $24.75 or $19.53, respectively,
which alone either exceeds or approximates the closing price of the Company's
common stock of $19.93 per share on January 30, 1998. Since the Company,
separate and apart from Ryerson Tull, has been profitable, earning $54.8 million
(or $1.12 per share) in 1997, the combined market value of the shares of the
Company and of a separate Ryerson Tull based upon price/earnings multiples
should be well in excess of the current market value of the Company's common
stock. The market price of a company may depend upon numerous factors in
addition to price/earnings ratios and there can be no assurance that, following
a spin-off or the creation of letter stock, the combined market value of the
Company and Ryerson Tull, as separate entities, would exceed the market value of
the Company and Ryerson Tull, as one entity.
No analysis has been undertaken relating to the effect of the "poison
pill" on the Company's stock or how the "poison pill" may affect the likelihood
of the Company receiving merger offers or other acquisition proposals.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table presents, as of March 31, 1997, based solely on
information contained in the Company's proxy statement in connection with its
1996 annual meeting of shareholders, the Company and Ryerson Tull equity
securities beneficially owned (as that term is defined by the Securities and
Exchange Commission) by all directors of the Company, the other named executive
officers of the Company, and the directors and executive officers of the Company
as a group, in each case with sole voting and investment power except as
indicated. The Company Common Stock includes preferred stock purchase rights
distributed in 1987 to holders of the Company Common Stock. The shares of Series
E ESOP Preferred Stock shown as beneficially owned by the executive officers are
held for their respective accounts in the Inland Steel Industries Thrift Plan
and could be converted upon retirement or other termination of employment into
an equal number of shares of Common Stock of the Company (subject to adjustment
in certain events). Excluded from the number of shares of Series E ESOP
Preferred Stock as beneficially owned are allocated shares of Series E ESOP
Preferred Stock that the ESOP Trustee is required to vote or dispose of in the
manner nd proportion in which allocated shares are directed to be voted or
disposed of. Ryerson Tull Class A Common Stock also includes preferred stock
purchase rights.
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SERIES RYERSON
COMPANY E ESOP TULL CLASS
COMMON PREFERRED COMMON A
STOCK(/1/) STOCK (/2/) STOCK (/3/)
DIRECTORS:
A. Robert Abboud 6,546 -- 1,000
Robert J. Darnall 300,124 2,070 11,754
James W. Cozad 2,046 -- --
James A. Henderson 2,546 -- 2,212(/4/)
Robert B. McKersie 1,303 -- 500
Leo F. Mullin 1,000 -- --
Donald S. Perkins 4,046 -- 6,212(/4/)
Jean-Pierre Rosso 1,061 -- 3,424
Joshua I. Smith 1,546 -- --
Nancy H. Teeters 1,846 -- 150
Arnold R. Weber 1,646 -- 1,000
NAMED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS:
Neil S. Novich 130 459 95,615
Dale E. Wiersbe 74,925 1,455 1,000
Judd R. Cool 125,670 88 1,500
H. William Howard 93,176 78 1,000
ALL DIRECTORS AND
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS
A GROUP 760,814 8,937 133,896
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1. Excludes shares of Common Stock into which Series E ESOP Convertible
Preferred Stock may be converted. No director or named executive officer
of the Company individually owns 1% or more of the outstanding Common
Stock of the Company; all directors and executive officers of the Company
as a group own 1.6% of the outstanding common stock of the Company.
Includes shares held jointly with other persons, as follows -- Dr.
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McKersie-200, Mr. Darnall--290, Mr. Wiersbe--212, and all directors and
executive officers as a group--2,704; shares which the following have the
right to acquire under options exercisable within 60 days after April 2,
1997 -- Mr. Darnall- -221,000, Mr. Cool--101,880, Mr. Howard--83,880, Mr.
Wiersbe-- 67,520, and all executive officers as a group--591,005; and
shares held under restricted stock awards as follows -- Mr.
Darnall--15,000, Mr. Cool--4,800, Mr. Howard--4,800, Mr. Wiersbe--3,600
and all executive officers as a group--38,200.
2. Each director and named executive officer individually owns and all
directors and executive officers as a group collectively own less than 1%
of the Series E ESOP Preferred Stock of the Company.
3. No director or named executive officer of the Company individually owns 1%
or more of the outstanding Class A common stock of Ryerson Tull. All
directors and executive officers of the Company as a group own 2.5% of the
outstanding Class A Common Stock of Ryerson Tull. Includes 2,400 shares of
Ryerson Tull Class A Common Stock held directly or indirectly by family
members of an executive officer, for which beneficial ownership is
disclaimed; shares which the following have the right to acquire under
options exercisable within 60 days after April 2, 1997 -- Mr.
Novich--75,359, and all executive officers of the Company as a
group--75,359; and shares held under restricted stock awards as follows --
Mr. Darnall-3,654, Mr. Novich-18,156, and all executive officers as a
group-51,617.
4. Includes 1,212 restricted shares of Ryerson Tull Class A Common Stock
payable under the terms of the Ryerson Tull Directors' Compensation Plan,
the receipt of which has been deferred.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO VOTING SECURITIES
The following table sets forth, based solely on information contained in
the Company's proxy statement relating to the 1997 annual meeting of
shareholders except as otherwise noted below, the only holders known to Greenway
to own beneficially more than 5% of the Company's Common Stock, Series E ESOP
Preferred Stock, and 10.23% Subordinated Voting Notes.
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NUMBER OF
SHARES OR
AMOUNT OF PERCENT
NAME AND ADDRESS SECURITIES OF
OF BENEFICIAL OWNER OWNED CLASS
COMMON STOCK:
Barclays Global Investors, 2,875,700(/1/) 5.88%
N.A.
45 Fremont Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
FMR Corp. 5,967,417(/2/) 12.19%
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Alfred D. Kingsley 4,482,100(/3/) 9.2%
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10172
LaSalle National Bank 3,910,500(/4/) 7.99%
135 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60674
Northern Trust Corporation 3,970,135(/5/) 8.11%
50 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60675
SERIES E ESOP PREFERRED
STOCK:
LaSalle National Bank 3,080,790(/4/) 100%
10.23% SUBORDINATED VOTING
NOTES:
NS Finance III, Inc. 100,000,000(/7/) 100%
c/o Nippon Steel U.S.A.,
Inc.
10 East 50th Street, 29th
Fl.
New York, New York 10022
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1. Barclays Global Investors, N.A., filing on behalf of itself and Barclays
Global Investors, Ltd., Barclays Trust and Banking Company (Japan) Ltd.,
Barclays Bank PLC, and Barclays Global Fund Advisors, reported sole voting
power as to
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2,619,004 shares, sole dispositive power as to 2,853,940 shares and shared
dispositive power as to 21,760 shares.
2. FMR Corp., on behalf of itself, Edward C. Johnson 3rd, Abigail P. Johnson
and Fidelity Management & Research Company reported aggregate sole voting
power as to 168,230 shares of common stock and sole dispositive power as
to 5,967,417 shares as of February 28, 1997.
3. Mr. Kingsley, filing Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D as of December 24,
1997, on behalf of himself and for a group including Gary K. Duberstein,
Greenway Partners, L.P., Greenbelt Corp., Greenhouse Partners, L.P.,
Greenhut, L.L.C., Greenhut Overseas L.L.C., Greensea Offshore, L.P., and
Greentree Partners, L.P., reported sole voting and dispositive power as to
28,000 shares and shared voting and dispositive power as to 4,482,100
shares.
4. LaSalle National Bank, as successor to LaSalle National Trust, N.A.,
Trustee of the Inland Steel Industries Thrift Plan (the "Plan") and
Trustee of the ESOP Trust within such Plan, reported shared voting power
as to 3,910,500 shares of common stock, sole dispositive power as to
3,080,790 shares of common stock and shared dispositive power as to
829,710 shares (including 3,080,790 shares issuable upon conversion of the
Series E ESOP shares and 829,710 shares of common stock held by the
Trustee in agency and fiduciary capacities unrelated to the ESOP Trust on
behalf of participants in the Plan). The Trustee expressly disclaims
beneficial ownership of all such Plan securities. As of December 31, 1996,
the outstanding shares of Series E ESOP Preferred Stock represented
approximately 6.89% of the voting power of the Company's outstanding
voting securities.
5. Northern Trust Corporation, reporting on behalf of itself and its
subsidiaries The Northern Trust Company, Norther Trust Bank of California,
N.A. and Northern Trust Bank of Florida N.A. reported sole voting power as
to 56,250 shares of common stock, shared voting power as to 3,911,385
shares, sole dispositive power as to 58,580 shares of common stock and
shared dispositive power as to 3,909,685 shares. The Northern Trust
Company held 3,657,585 shares as of April 2, 1997, as Trustee of the
Inland Steel Industries Pension Trust.
6. NS Finance III, Inc., is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon
Steel Corporation ("NSC"). NS Finance III, Inc. has agreed that it will be
deemed to be present for quorum purposes at all stockholder meetings. As
of April 2, 1997,
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the outstanding principal amount of the Company's 10.23% Subordinated
Voting Notes represented approximately 5.5% of the voting power of the
Company's outstanding voting securities. In addition, as of April 2, 1997,
NS Finance III, Inc. owned 352,400 shares, or approximately 0.7% of the
outstanding shares, of common stock of the Company. The 10.23%
Subordinated Voting Notes are required to be repaid in 1999 and cannot be
prepaid. See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" below.
No persons were known to the Company to be the beneficial owners of
more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Series A $2.40 Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Stock. Holders of such preferred stock vote together with the holders
of the common stock, the Series E ESOP Preferred Stock, and the 10.23%
Subordinated Voting Notes as a single class on each matter being submitted to
the holders of the Company's voting securities.
PROXY SOLICITATION; EXPENSES
Proxies may be solicited by Greenway, partners and employees of Greenway,
and by the other Participants by mail, telephone, telecopier, the Internet and
personal solicitation. Regular employees of Greenway and its affiliates may be
used to solicit proxies and, if used, will not receive additional compensation
for such efforts. Banks, brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and
fiduciaries will be requested to forward the solicitation material of Greenway
to their customers for whom they hold shares, and Greenway will reimburse them
for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
The entire expense of preparing, assembling, printing and mailing this
Proxy Statement and related materials, and the cost of soliciting proxies for
the proposals endorsed by Greenway, will be borne by Greenway. Greenway
estimates such expenses to be $75,000 (including professional fees and expenses,
but excluding any costs represented by salaries and wages of regular employees
of Greenway and its affiliates). The total expenditures to date have been
approximately $10,000, paid by Greenway. Greenway does not intend to seek
reimbursement from Inland for Greenway's expenses.
SHAREHOLDERS' PROPOSALS IN COMPANY'S PROXY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Rule 14a-8(a)(3)(i) under the Exchange Act any proposal by a
Shareholder at the Annual Meeting to be included in the Company's proxy
Statement must be received in writing at the Company's principal executive
offices not less than 120 calendar days in advance of the date of the Company's
proxy statement
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released to security holders in connection with its 1997 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders.
Dated: February , 1998
Sincerely,
Your Fellow Shareholders
Greenway Partners, L.P.
Alfred D. Kingsley
Gary K. Duberstein
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APPENDIX A
Information is being given herein for Greenway Partners, L.P.
("Greenway"), Alfred D. Kingsley and Gary K. Duberstein, who are each a
"participant in a solicitation" as defined under the proxy rules, and for
Greentree Partners, L.P. ("Greentree"), Greenhouse Partners, L.P.
("Greenhouse"), Greenhut, L.L.C. ("Greenhut"), Greenbelt Corp. ("Greenbelt"),
Greensea Offshore, L.P. ("Greensea"), Greenhut Overseas, L.L.C. ("Greenhut
Overseas"), which are each "associates" (as defined under the proxy rules) of
Messrs. Kingsley and Duberstein (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). Each of
Greenway, Greentree and Greenhouse is a Delaware limited partnership. Each of
Greenhut and Greenhut Overseas is a Delaware limited liability company.
Greenbelt is a Delaware corporation. Greensea is an exempted limited partnership
formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The principal business of Greenway,
Greentree and Greensea is investing in securities. The principal business of
Greenhouse is being the general partner of Greenway. The principal business of
Greenhut is being the general partner of Greentree. The principal business of
Greenhut Overseas is being the investment general partner of Greensea. The
principal business of Greenbelt is managing a small number of accounts
containing securities for which Greenbelt has voting and dispositive power, and,
consequently, is the beneficial owner. The present principal occupation of each
of Messrs. Kingsley and Duberstein is serving as the general partners of
Greenhouse and members of both Greenhut and Greenhut Overseas. In addition, Mr.
Kingsley is senior managing director, and Mr. Duberstein is managing director,
of both Greenway and Greentree. Also, Mr. Kingsley is president, and Mr.
Duberstein is vice president, secretary and treasurer of Greenbelt. The business
address of each of the Reporting Persons (other than Greensea) is 277 Park
Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10172. The business address of Greensea
is P.O. Box 1561, Mary Street, Grand Cayman, Cayman Island, British West Indies.
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The Reporting Persons may be deemed to have direct beneficial
ownership of Inland Common Stock ("Shares") as follows:
APPROXIMATE
MARGIN
NAME NUMBER OF SHARES INDEBTEDNESS
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Greenway 830,000 $5,300,000
Greentree 325,000 $2,800,000
Greenbelt 2,799,100 $16,700,000
Greensea 500,000 $4,600,000
Alfred D. Kingsley 28,000 $200,000
The Shares were purchased in accounts which hold other securities
and may have been subject to ordinary course margin indebtedness from
time-to-time. The approximate amount of margin indebtedness attributable to the
Shares as of December 23, 1997 is estimated in the table above.
Greenhouse, as the general partner of Greenway, may be deemed to own
beneficially (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) Shares which Greenway may be deemed to possess direct
beneficial ownership. Each of Messrs. Kingsley and Duberstein, as general
partners of Greenhouse, may be deemed to beneficially own Shares which
Greenhouse may be deemed to beneficially own. Each of Messrs. Kingsley and
Duberstein disclaim beneficial ownership of such Shares for all other purposes.
Greenhut, as the general partner of Greentree, may be deemed to own
beneficially (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) Shares which Greenway may be deemed to possess direct
beneficial ownership. Each of Messrs. Kingsley and Duberstein, as members of
Greenhut, may be deemed to beneficially own Shares which Greenhut may be deemed
to beneficially own. Each of Messrs. Kingsley and Duberstein disclaim beneficial
ownership of such Shares for all other purposes.
Greenhut Overseas, as the investment general partner of Greensea,
may be deemed to own beneficially (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) Shares which Greensea may be deemed to
possess direct beneficial ownership. Each of Messrs. Kingsley and Duberstein, as
members of Greenhut Overseas, may be deemed to beneficially own Shares which
Greenhut Overseas may be deemed to beneficially own. Each of
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Messrs. Kingsley and Duberstein disclaim beneficial ownership of such Shares
for all other purposes.
Greenbelt has direct beneficial ownership of the Shares in the
accounts which it manages. In addition, Greenbelt is the investment advisor for
Greenland Investment Company Limited, a Cayman Islands company ("Greenland"). In
such capacity, Greenbelt has the right to vote and direct the disposition of the
519,100 Shares held by Greenland and, consequently, has direct beneficial
ownership of such Shares. Substantially all of the equity interests in Greenland
are owned by Strategic Investment Partners Limited ("SIPL"). Because SIPL has
the right to elect to terminate its investment in Greenland upon less than 60
days' notice and, upon such termination, all securities held by Greenland would
be sold by Greenland or, with SIPL's consent, distributed to SIPL in kind, SIPL
could be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Shares held by Greenland.
Information concerning SIPL and the identity and background of certain
individuals and entities related thereto is set forth below. Each of Messrs.
Kingsley and Duberstein, as executive officers and directors of Greenbelt, may
be deemed to beneficially own Shares which Greenbelt beneficially owns. Each of
Messrs. Kingsley and Duberstein disclaim beneficial ownership of such Shares for
all other purposes.
To the best of the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, they have not
been within the past year a party to any contract, arrangements or understanding
with any person with respect to any securities of the Company, including but not
limited to joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls,
guarantees against loss or guarantees of profits, division of losses or profits,
or the giving or withholding of proxies, except as follows: The respective
partnership agreements of Greenway and Greentree each contains provisions
whereby its general partner (i.e., Greenhouse in the case of Greenway and
Greenhut in the case of Greentree) will receive annually a certain percentage of
realized and unrealized profits, if any, derived from the partnership's
investments. The agreements governing Greensea provide that Greenhut Overseas,
as investment general partner, will receive annually a certain percentage of
realized and unrealized profits, if any, derived from Greensea's investments.
Greenbelt also receives annually a certain percentage of realized and unrealized
profits, if any, resulting from the investments in each of its managed accounts.
Pursuant to the Articles of Association of Greenland, Greenhut Overseas will
receive annually a certain percentage of realized and unrealized profits, if
any, derived from Greenland's investments.
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The Reporting Persons do not own any securities of Inland of record
but not beneficially.
The Reporting Persons do not have any arrangement or understanding
with any person with respect to any future transactions to which Inland or any
of its affiliates may be a party.
INFORMATION CONCERNING STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PARTNERS LIMITED. The
information set forth below in this Appendix A was provided to the Reporting
Persons by Strategic Investment Partners Limited ("SIPL"). SIPL and the persons
referred to below in this Appendix A assume no responsibility for any other
information included in this filing. In addition, such persons expressly
disclaim beneficial ownership over all the Shares reported herein.
SIPL is a Cayman Islands corporation jointly owned by Quantum
Industrial Partners LDC ("QIP") and Quasar Strategic Partners LDC ("QSP"). SIPL
has its principal address at Kaya Flamboyan 9, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands
Antilles. The principal business of SIPL is investing in securities. Current
information concerning the identity and background of the directors and officers
of SIPL is set forth below.
Current information concerning each of SIPL, QIP and QSP (as well as
any other persons that may be deemed to have investment discretion over
securities held for the account of SIPL, QIP and QSP) is set forth below.
During the past five years, to the best of SIPL's knowledge, no
other person identified in this Appendix B has been (a) convicted in a criminal
proceeding, or (b) a party to any civil proceeding of a judicial or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which it or he has
been subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations
of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state
securities laws, or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
SIPL
The identity and background of the officers and directors of SIPL is
set forth below.
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QIP AND QSP
Each of QIP and QSP is a Cayman Islands exempted limited duration
company with its principal address at Kaya Flamboyan 9, Willemstad, Curacao,
Netherlands Antilles. The principal business of QIP and QSP is investing in
securities. Current information concerning the identity and background of the
directors and officers of QIP and QSP is set forth below.
QIH Management Investor, L.P. ("QIHMI"), an investment advisory firm
organized as a Delaware limited partnership, is a minority shareholder of, and
(pursuant to constituent documents of each of QIP and QSP) is vested with
investment discretion with respect to the portfolio assets held for the account
of QIP and QSP. The principal business of QIHMI is to provide management and
advisory services to, and to invest in, QIP and QSP. QIH Management Inc. ("QIH
Management"), a Delaware corporation of which Mr. George Soros is the sole
shareholder, is the sole general partner of QIHMI. The principal business of QIH
Management is to serve as the sole general partner of QIHMI. QIHMI and QIH
Management have their principal offices at 888 Seventh Avenue, 33rd Floor, New
York, New York 10106. QIHMI, by reason of its investment discretion over the
securities owned by QIP and QSP the QIH Management, as the sole general partner
of QIHMI, may each be deemed the beneficial owner of the Shares held for the
account of QIP and QSP for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Mr. Soros has entered into an agreement dated as of January 1, 1997
with Soros Fund Management LLC ("SFM LLC"), a Delaware limited liability company
of which Mr. Soros is Chairman, pursuant to which Mr. Soros has, among other
things, agreed to use his best efforts to cause QIH Management, as the general
partner of QIHMI, to act at the direction of SFM LLC, which agreement to so act
shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the assignment of SFM LLC of the legal
and beneficial ownership interest in QIH Management and (b) the assignment of
SFM LLC of the general partnership interest in QIHMI.
The business of SFM LLC is managed through a Management Committee
(the "Management Committee") comprised of Mr. Soros, Mr. Stanley Druckenmiller
and Mr. Gary Gladstein. SFM LLC has its principal office at 888 Seventh Avenue,
33rd Floor, New York, New York 10106. Its principal business is to serve,
pursuant to contract, as the principal investment manager to several foreign
investment companies (the "SFM Clients"). Mr. Soros, as Chairman of SFM LLC, has
the ability to direct the investment decisions of SFM LLC and as such may be
deemed to have investment discretion
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over the securities held for the accounts of the SFM Clients. Mr. Druckenmiller,
as Lead Portfolio Manager of SFM LLC, has the ability to direct the investment
decisions of SFM LLC and as such may be deemed to have investment discretion
over the securities held for the accounts of the SFM Clients. Set forth below is
a list of the Managing Directors (the executive officers) of SFM LLC.
The principal occupation of Mr. Soros, a United States citizen is
his direction of the activities of SFM LLC, which is carried out in his capacity
as Chairman of SFM LLC at SFM LLC's principal office. The principal occupation
of Mr. Druckenmiller is his position as Lead Portfolio Manager and Managing
Director of SFM LLC, which is carried out at SFM LLC's principal office.
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DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF QSP
NAME/TITLE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ADDRESS
CITIZENSHIP OCCUPATION (OR RESIDENCE)
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Curacao Corporation Managing Director Kaya Flamboyan 9
Company N.V. of Netherlands Willemstad
Managing Director Antilles Curacao,
(Netherlands corporations Netherlands
Antilles) Antilles
Inter Caribbean Administrative Citco Building
Services Limited services Wickhams Cay
Secretary Road Town
(British Virgin Tortola
Island) British Virgin
Islands
To the best of SIPL's knowledge:
(a) None of the above persons holds any Shares.
(b) None of the above persons has any contracts, arrangements,
understandings of relationships with respect to the Shares.
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MANAGING DIRECTORS OF SFM LLC
The following is a list of all of the persons (other than Stanley
Druckenmiller) who serve as a Managing Director of SFM LLC:
Scott K.H. Bessent
Walter Burlock
Brian J. Corvese
Jeffrey L. Feinberg
Arminio Fraga
Gary Gladstein
Ron Hiram
Robert K. Jermain
David N. Kowitz
Alexander C. McAree
Paul McNulty
Gabriel S. Nechamkin
Steven Okin
Dale Precoda
Lief D. Rosenblatt
Mark D. Sonnino
Filiberto H. Verticelli
Sean C. Warren
Each of the above-listed persons is a United States citizen whose principal
occupation is serving as Managing Director of SFM LLC, and each has a business
address c/o Soros Fund Management LLC, 888 Seventh Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York,
New York 10106.
To the best of SIPL's knowledge:
(a) None of the above persons holds any Shares.
(b) None of the above persons has any contracts, arrangements,
understandings or relationships with respect to the Shares.
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