Brown & Sharpe Announces Stockholder Meeting Date.Business Editors NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2001 Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BNS Noun 1. BNS - a bachelor's degree in naval science Bachelor of Naval Science bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies ) announced today that its Proxy Statement Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. , dated March 30, 2001, was mailed out on Friday, March 30, to stockholders of record as of March 21, 2001. The Special Meeting will be held at the Company's executive offices at 9:30 a.m. on April 27, 2001 to consider and vote on a proposal for the sale of substantially all of the Company's assets, including the sale of its Metrology Business to Hexagon AB, the sale of its North Kingstown, Rhode Island North Kingstown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 26,326 at the 2000 census. The famous American portraitist Gilbert Stuart was born in the village of Saunderstown, located in the southern region of North Kingstown. facility to Precision Park Partners LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , and the proposed cash distributions to stockholders following each of these sales and to consider and vote on other related matters, all as set forth in such Proxy Statement. The Closing with Hexagon is scheduled for later in the day on April 27, 2001. The first of the proposed cash distributions to shareholders will be made as soon as practicable in May, after the Closing with Hexagon. |
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