AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 9, 2003
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The Hercules Shareholders' Committee For NEW Management * 17 State Street * New
York, New York 10004
Contact: Chris Hayden, Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc.
212-440-9850
THE HERCULES SHAREHOLDERS' COMMITTEE FOR NEW MANAGEMENT
COMMENTS ON ISS RELEASE
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NEW YORK, NY, JULY 9, 2003 - In response to ISS's release yesterday with respect
to Hercules Incorporated (NYSE: HPC), a spokesman for The Hercules Shareholders'
Committee for NEW Management stated, "As was the case in 2001, we expect ISS's
recommendation to have little effect on the Hercules proxy contest, as we are
confident that Hercules shareholders will make up their own minds as to how to
vote. Moreover, it is no coincidence we believe that the ISS announcement,
originally scheduled for last week, comes little more than 24 hours after
Hercules announced its intention, following consultation with ISS, to amend its
election Bylaw to provide for a plurality vote with respect to the election of
directors - the third different position the Company has taken on this issue in
three weeks. Parenthetically, management's eleventh hour conversion is a
vindication of the stand taken for more than two years now by the Company's
minority directors and The Hercules Shareholders' Committee for NEW Management."
The Hercules Shareholders Committee for NEW Management urges shareholders to
sign, date and return the WHITE proxy card voting FOR the Committee's director
nominees. Shareholders with questions or in need of assistance in voting their
shares should contact Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., the Committee's
proxy solicitation agent, toll free, at (866) 288-2190 (banks and brokerage
firms please call (212) 440-9800).
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