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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Maureen Fisk
847-468-2452
SAFETY-KLEEN'S BOARD TO REVIEW
LAIDLAW ENVIRONMENTAL'S REVISED OFFER;
ANNOUNCES EARLY TERMINATION OF
HART-SCOTT-RODINO WAITING PERIOD
ELGIN, IL. (January 27, 1998) -- Safety-Kleen Corp. [NYSE:SK] today
requested that its shareholders defer taking any action with respect to the
latest revision, announced yesterday afternoon, to Laidlaw Environmental
Services' [NYSE:LLE] unsolicited exchange offer for Safety-Kleen shares, until
the Safety-Kleen Board has announced its position. Safety-Kleen said that its
Board will meet promptly to review the revised offer and will advise
shareholders of its position.
Safety-Kleen Corp. also announced today that the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice has granted early termination of the waiting period
associated with a Hart-Scott-Rodino review concerning the proposed merger of the
Company with SK Parent Corp., a new company formed by Philip Services Corp. and
affiliates of Apollo Management, L.P. and Blackstone Management Partners III
L.L.C. The Company understands that such early termination also has been granted
with respect to Laidlaw Environmental's exchange offer.
Safety-Kleen is an environmental and industrial service company dedicated
to helping nearly 400,000 industrial and automotive businesses recycle and
process their waste streams.
