Tender-Offer Statement — Third-Party Tender Offer — Schedule 14D-1
Filing Table of Contents
Document/Exhibit Description Pages Size
1: SC 14D1 Schedule 14D-1 and Schedule 13D 9 49K
2: EX-99.A.1 Offer to Purchase 40 227K
3: EX-99.A.2 Letter of Transmittal 12 58K
4: EX-99.A.3 Notice of Guaranteed Delivery 2 17K
5: EX-99.A.4 Broker Dealer Letter 3 19K
6: EX-99.A.5 Letter to Clients 3 17K
7: EX-99.A.6 Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Id 5± 19K
8: EX-99.A.7 Summary Announcement 3 21K
9: EX-99.A.8 Press Release-4/30/97 2 12K
10: EX-99.A.9 Press Release-5/2/97 1 9K
11: EX-99.C.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger 51 197K
12: EX-99.C.2 Agreement Dated as of April 29, 1997 1 8K
13: EX-99.C.3 Form of Stockholder Agreements for Individuals 13 39K
14: EX-99.C.4 Confidentiality Agreement 4 27K
15: EX-99.C.5 Letter Agreement 1 10K
16: EX-99.G Gkn Plc Report & Accounts 1996 95 334K
EX-99.A.9 — Press Release-5/2/97
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Exhibit (a)(9)
GKN COMMENCES TENDER OFFER FOR SINTER METALS
NEW YORK AND CLEVELAND, OH, MAY 2, 1997 - GKN plc (LSE: GKN) and Sinter Metals,
Inc. (NYSE: SNM) today announced that in accordance with the previously
announced merger agreement, GKN Powder Metallurgy, Inc., a GKN company, today
commenced a tender offer for all the shares of Class A and Class B Common Stock
of Sinter Metals at a purchase price of $37 per share.
The offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City
time, on Friday, May 30, 1997, unless the offer is extended. The offer is
subject to certain conditions which are described in an Offer to Purchase being
mailed to all shareholders of Sinter Metals. Citibank, N.A. will act as
depositary for the tender, MacKenzie Partners, Inc. as information agent and SBC
Warburg Inc. will act as dealer manager.
Sinter Metals produces precision pressed powder metal parts for use principally
in the automotive, lawn and garden, power tool and home appliance industries.
The company has ten production facilities in North America and eight in Europe
employing more than 3,000 people.
GKN is a global industrial company with sales exceeding [pound sterling]3.3
billion ($5.4 billion). It designs, develops and manufactures automotive and
agritechnical components as well as aerospace and defence products and provides
a range of industrial services. GKN is a UK FT-SE 100 company. Its operations
are based in some 40 countries around the world employing some 30,000 people in
its subsidiaries and a further 11,500 in associated companies.
Contact:
GKN Public Affairs Department 011 44 171 930 2424
Sinter Metals Investor Relations 216 771 6700
Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated by Reference
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