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MIKASA, INC.
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(1) Amount Previously Paid: $49,022
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(2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: Schedule 14A
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(3) Filing Party: Mikasa, Inc.
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(4) Date Filed: October 5, 2000
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For: MIKASA, INC.
Contact: Brenda W. Flores
Chief Financial Officer
(201) 867-9210
For Immediate Release
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Jeffrey Zack
Laila Danesh
Media: Stacy Roth
Morgen-Walke Associates
(212) 850-5600
Mikasa, Inc. Sets January 11, 2001 As Date For Special Shareholder Meeting To
Approve Merger
Secaucus, NJ, December 11, 2000. Mikasa, Inc. (NYSE: MKS) said today that it has
scheduled a special shareholder meeting for January 11, 2001 to consider its
proposed merger with a subsidiary of J.G. Durand Industries, S.A.
The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey,
starting at 9 a.m. EST. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to
vote on the merger is December 11, 2000. Proxy materials will be mailed to
shareholders on or about December 12.
Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions,
including stockholder approval. Senior members of Mikasa management, owning in
the aggregate approximately 54.9% of the outstanding shares of Mikasa, have
committed, except in certain circumstances, to vote their shares in favor of the
transaction and against any alternative transaction. Mikasa currently
anticipates completion of the transaction in the first quarter of 2001. Mikasa
has filed a proxy statement and other relevant documents concerning the proposed
transaction with the SEC.
Mikasa, Inc. is a leading designer, developer and marketer of quality tabletop
products. The Company markets its products to retail accounts, including
department stores, specialty retail stores and mass merchants, and through
Company operated retail stores.
Mikasa stockholders are advised to read the proxy statement regarding the merger
because it contains important information. Mikasa stockholders can obtain a free
copy of the proxy statement and other related documents filed by Mikasa at the
SEC's website www.sec.gov. The proxy statement and the related documents may
also be obtained from Mikasa, Inc., One Mikasa Drive, Secaucus, NJ 07096
attention: Investor Relations. Mikasa, its directors and executive officers and
certain other persons may be deemed to be "participants" in the solicitation of
proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding the
participants is also available on a Schedule 14A filed by Mikasa with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
The matters described herein may contain forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other
factors beyond the Company's control, which may cause material differences in
actual results, performance or other expectations. Those factors include risks
and uncertainties relating to the Company's ability to open new stores within
planned parameters, the success of new products introductions and the continued
success of existing products, our ability to enhance margins through future
gains in efficiency, the ability to establish a successful e-commerce function,
the capabilities of our distribution system to handle increased volume, the
consummation of the proposed merger with J.G. Durand Industries, S.A. and the
general business risks associated with a consumer products company. These and
other factors are detailed in the Company's registration statements and periodic
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
