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Filed by Destron Fearing Corporation
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Destron Fearing Corporation
Commission File No. 000-18342
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FROM: FOR:
BlueFire Partners Destron Fearing Corp.
1300 Fifth Street Towers, 150 S. 5th St. 490 Villaume Avenue
Minneapolis, Minn. 55402 South St. Paul, Minn. 55075
Contact- Doug Ewing or Tom Langenfeld (612) 371-0000 Contact-Tom Patin (651) 455-1621
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DESTRON FEARING ANNOUNCES ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 25, 2000 - Destron-Fearing Corporation
(Nasdaq:DFCO) announced that it has adjourned its Special Shareholder meeting
until 6 p.m. CDT, Sept. 7, 2000, to vote on the proposed merger of DFCO into an
Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSX) affiliate. A favorable vote of a
majority of the outstanding common stock of DFCO is a required step in order to
approve the merger.
The results of voting to date are as follows:
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For 6,336,563 - 46% of total shares outstanding
Against 2,100,049 - 15% of total shares outstanding
Abstain 26,965 - 0.2% of total shares outstanding
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The adjourned meeting will be held at the Sheraton Midway Hotel in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
Destron Fearing Corporation, based in South St. Paul, Minn., has been
in the animal identification business since 1945 and manufactures a broad line
of electronic and visual identification devices and information systems for
companion animals, livestock, laboratory
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animals, fish and wildlife. The company owns patents worldwide in microchip
technology and is a leader in the world evolution of radio frequency animal
identification. For more information about Destron Fearing Corporation, visit
the company's web site at: WWW.DESTRONFEARING.COM.
Applied Digital Solutions, its directors, executive officers and
employees may be soliciting proxies from Applied Digital Solutions' shareholders
in favor of the merger. Information concerning Applied Digital Solutions'
participants in the solicitation was filed on June 27, 2000 with the SEC in the
joint proxy statement/prospectus. In addition, Destron Fearing, its directors
and employees may be soliciting proxies from Destron Fearing stockholders in
favor of the merger. Information concerning Destron Fearing's participants in
the solicitation was filed with the SEC on June 27, 2000 in the joint proxy
statement/prospectus.
Destron Fearing and Applied Digital Solutions have filed a joint proxy
statement/prospectus and other relevant documents concerning the merger with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). DESTRON URGES
INVESTORS TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT
DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Investors will be able to obtain the documents free of charge at the SEC's
website, www.sec.gov. In addition, documents filed with the SEC by Destron
Fearing will be available free of charge from Destron Fearing Corporation, 490
Villaume Avenue, South St. Paul, MN 55075; Attention: James Santelli, Chief
Financial Officer, Telephone (651) 552-6325. READ THE JOINT PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING A DECISION CONCERNING THE MERGER.
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