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Borg-Warner Automotive Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Kuhlman Acquisition

26 January 1999

Borg-Warner Automotive Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Kuhlman Acquisition

    CHICAGO, Jan. 25 -- Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.
announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for its
acquisition of Kuhlman Corporation expired at midnight on January 22, 1999.
The acquisition is subject to antitrust review in other countries.
    Kuhlman began mailing proxy materials to its stockholders on January 23.
Kuhlman stockholders of record on January 19 will be entitled to vote on the
merger at a special meeting of Kuhlman stockholders to be held on March 1.
    Chicago-based Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. is a product leader in highly
engineered components and systems primarily for automotive drivetrain
applications.  The company operates manufacturing facilities in 12 countries
serving automakers in North America, Europe and Asia.