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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Consent Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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|X| Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-11(c) or
Section 240.14a-12
AMP Incorporated
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
ALLIEDSIGNAL INC.
PMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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Exhibit I
[LOGO of AlliedSignal] AlliedSignal Inc.
P.O. Box 2245
Morristown, NJ 07962
973 455-2000
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Mark Greenberg
(973) 455-5445
ALLIEDSIGNAL WILL NOT PURCHASE 9% OF AMP
IF PENNSYLVANIA REPEALS CONSENT SOLICITATION PROCESS
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, September 24, 1998 - AlliedSignal Inc.
[NYSE: ALD] said today that if the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacts new
legislation which would prevent AlliedSignal from proceeding with its
consent solication, AlliedSignal will not proceed with the purchase of 9%
of the shares of AMP Incorporated [NYSE: AMP] under AlliedSignal's pending
$44.50 per share tender offer.
If, on the other hand, Pennsylvania chooses not to amend the current
shareowner consent solicitation rights, AlliedSignal will proceed with the
purchase, which will put $900 million into AMP shareowners' pockets at a
price per share that is 55% more than the market price for AMP shares
before AlliedSignal announced its original $44.50 per share offer.
AlliedSignal said that at the close of business on September 17, the
day before it amended its offer to reduce the number of AMP shares it would
purchase to 20 million, the number of AMP shares that had been tendered to
AlliedSignal and not withdrawn was 138,871,851.
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS
AlliedSignal Inc. ("AlliedSignal"), PMA Acquisition Corporation
("Acquisition Subsidiary") and certain other persons named below may
solicit the consent of shareholders (a) to elect seventeen nominees (the
"Nominees") as directors of AMP Incorporated ("AMP") pursuant to a
shareholder action by written consent (the "Consent Solicitation") and (b)
in favor of the adoption of five proposals to amend the By-laws of AMP. The
participants in this solicitation may include the directors of AlliedSignal
(Hans W. Becherer, Lawrence A. Bossidy (Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer), Ann M. Fudge, Paul X. Kelley, Robert P. Luciano, Robert
B. Palmer, Russell E. Palmer, Frederic M. Poses (President and Chief
Operating Officer), Ivan G. Seidenberg, Andrew C. Sigler, John R. Stafford,
Thomas P. Stafford, Robert C. Winters and Henry T. Yang), each of whom is a
Nominee; and the following executive officers and employees of
AlliedSignal: Peter M. Kreindler (Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary), Donald J. Redlinger (Senior Vice President - Human
Resources and Communications), and Richard F. Wallman (Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer), each of whom is a Nominee, and
Terrance L. Carlson (Deputy General Counsel), Robert F. Friel (Vice
President and Treasurer), John W. Gamble, Jr., (Assistant Treasurer), Mark
E. Greenberg (Vice President, Communications), John L. Stauch (Director,
Investor Relations), Robert J. Buckley (Manager, Investor Relations), G.
Peter D'Aloia (Vice President, Planning & Development) Mary Elizabeth Pratt
(Assistant General Counsel) and James V. Gelly (Vice President, Finance,
Aerospace Marketing, Sales & Service).
As of the date of this communication, AlliedSignal is the beneficial
owner of 100 shares of common stock of AMP. Mr. Greenberg is the beneficial
owner of 100 shares of common stock of AMP. Other than set forth herein, as
of the date of this communication, neither AlliedSignal, Acquisition
Subsidiary nor any of their respective directors, executive officers or
other representatives or employees of AlliedSignal, any Nominees or other
persons known to AlliedSignal who may solicit proxies has any security
holdings in AMP. AlliedSignal disclaims beneficial ownership of any
securities of AMP held by any pension plan or other employee benefits plan
of AlliedSignal or by any affiliate of AlliedSignal.
Although neither Lazard Freres & Co. LLC ("Lazard Freres") nor
Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"), the financial advisors to
AlliedSignal, admits that it or any of its members, partners, directors,
officers, employees or affiliates is a "participant" as defined in Schedule
14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or that Schedule 14A requires the disclosure of
certain information concerning Lazard Freres or Goldman Sachs, Steven J.
Golub and Mark T. McMaster (each a Managing Director) and Yasushi
Hatakeyama (a Director) of Lazard Freres, and Robert S. Harrison and Wayne
L. Moore (each a Managing Director) and Peter Gross and Peter Labbat (each
a Vice President) of Goldman Sachs, may assist AlliedSignal in the
solicitation of consents of shareholders. Both Lazard Freres and Goldman
Sachs engage in a full range of investment banking, securities trading,
market-making and brokerage services for institutional and individual
clients. In the normal course of its business Lazard Freres and Goldman
Sachs may trade securities of AMP for its own account and the accounts of
its customers, and accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short
position in such securities. Lazard Freres has informed AlliedSignal that
as of August 6, 1998, Lazard Freres held a net long position of
approximately 20,861 shares of common stock of AMP, and Goldman Sachs has
informed AlliedSignal that as of August 7, 1998, Goldman Sachs held a net
long position of approximately 800,000 shares of common stock of AMP.
Except as disclosed above, to the knowledge of AlliedSignal, none of
AlliedSignal, the directors or executive officers of AlliedSignal, the
employees or other representatives of AlliedSignal or the Nominees named
above has any interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or
otherwise, in AMP.
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