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Safety-Kleen Ordered to Hold Shareholders Meeting
Columbia, S.C., Dec. 4, - Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (NYSE: LLE -
news) announced that the United States District Court for the Northern District
of Illinois today ordered Safety-Kleen to comply with its obligations under the
Wisconsin control share acquisition statute by calling a meeting of its
shareholders. At the meeting, shareholders will vote on restoring full voting
rights with respect to shares of Safety-Kleen Common Stock that Laidlaw
Environmental may acquire pursuant to its previously announced exchange offer.
The decision of the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall requires Safety-Kleen promptly
to set the meeting date and to provide its shareholders list to Laidlaw
Environmental.
James Bullock, Laidlaw Environmental chairman, stated, "We are gratified
that Judge Gottschall saw through Safety-Kleen's attempt to evade its statutory
obligations and prevent its shareholders from having a meaningful opportunity
to consider our offer. We are confident that Safety-Kleen's shareholders will
protect their right to compare our offer to the merger proposed by Safety-Kleen
by voting to restore full voting rights to our Safety-Kleen Shares."
The court also granted Laidlaw Environmental's request for expedited
discovery and set a hearing for January 6 on its motion for a preliminary
injunction to, among other things, enjoin Safety-Kleen from proceeding with the
merger or paying a break-up fee and requiring the directors to amend
Safety-Kleen's rights plan to make it inapplicable to Laidlaw Environmental's
offer.
