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SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14a-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )
Filed by the registrant [X]
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Check the appropriate box:
[ ] Preliminary proxy statement
[ ] Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as
permitted by Rule 14a-6(e) (2))
[ ] Definitive proxy statement
[ ] Definitive additional materials
[X] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12
GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
Payment of filing fee (Check the appropriate box):
[X] No fee required.
[ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-
11.
(1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
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(2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
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(3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is
calculated and state how it was determined):
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(4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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(5) Total fee paid:
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[ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
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[ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number,
or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.
(1) Amount previously paid:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EXHIBIT 17
Contact: George Pasley
V. P. Communications
214-953-4510
Website: prnewswire.com/gix
GLOBAL BOARD SETS 1999 ANNUAL MEETING DATE
DALLAS, TX (March 9, 1999) Global Industrial Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: GIX), a
Dallas based manufacturing company, today announced that its Board of Directors
has scheduled Global's 1999 annual meeting of stockholders to be held on May 28,
1999. Global's stockholders of record as of April 8, 1999, will be entitled to
vote at the 1999 annual meeting.
In order to be considered for inclusion in Global's proxy statement and form of
proxy for the 1999 annual meeting of stockholders, any proposal by a stockholder
submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the federal proxy rules must be received by
Global at its principal office at 2121 San Jacinto Street, Suite 2500, Dallas,
Texas 75201, Attn: Jeanette H. Quay, Vice President, General Counsel &
Secretary, on or before March 26, 1999. In addition, pursuant to Global's
certificate of incorporation and by-laws, any proposal for consideration at the
1999 annual meeting submitted by a stockholder outside the processes of Rule
14a-8 will be considered untimely unless it is received by Global at the above
address on or before April 8, 1999, and is otherwise in compliance with the
requirements set forth in Global's certificate of incorporation and by-laws.
Global is a major manufacturer of technologically advanced industrial products
that support high-growth markets around the world. Products include forged
flanges; undercarriage parts for track-mounted vehicles; modular cells for
refining nonferrous metals; premium refractories for lining heat-containing
industrial vessels such as steel furnaces; raw materials used to make refractory
products; processing and recycling equipment.
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CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS
Global Industrial Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") and certain other
persons named below may be deemed to be participants in the solicitations of
proxies against the proposals of WHX Corporation. The participants in this
solicitation may include (ii) the directors of the Company: David H. Blake,
Richard W. Vieser, Samuel B. Casey, Jr., Rawles Fulgham and Graham L. Adelman
and (ii) the following executive officers and employees of the Company: Rawles
Fulgham (Chairman and Chief Executive officer), Graham L. Adelman (President and
Chief Operating Officer), Alfred L. Williams (Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer), Donna Reeves (Vice president and Controller), Jeanette H.
Quay (Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary), James Alleman (Vice
President-Human Resources), and George Pasley (Vice President-Communications).
As of the date of this communication, none of the foregoing individually
beneficially own in excess of .1% of the Company's common stock or in the
aggregate in excess of 2% of the Company's common stock.
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