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From: KEKST AND COMPANY July 15, 2002
Lissa Perlman
David Lilly
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-7001
(212) 521-4800
For: MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
3333 New Hyde Park Road ---------------------
New Hyde Park, NY 11042
(516) 627-1515
www.mortons.com
Contact: THOMAS J. BALDWIN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
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MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
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CASTLE HARLAN OFFERS TO INCREASE PRICE FOR MORTON'S TO $17.00 PER SHARE
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y....Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc. (NYSE: MRG) today
announced that Castle Harlan has offered to amend its merger agreement to
increase the merger consideration to $17.00 per share.
Earlier today, as required under the Castle Harlan merger agreement,
Morton's notified Castle Harlan that it had received today a revised offer from
High River Limited Partnership, an affiliate of Carl Icahn, for a merger with
Morton's at $17.00 per share. Although the High River proposal remained
conditioned on Morton's amending the stockholders rights agreement as previously
proposed, the revised High River proposal no longer requires this to occur in a
manner that would breach Morton's existing merger agreement with Castle Harlan.
Morton's stated that the offers have been referred to the Special
Committee of the Board of Directors and its advisors for evaluation. Pursuant to
the terms of the Castle Harlan merger agreement, unless the Special Committee
determines that the Icahn offer is superior, the Company is required to accept
the Castle Harlan offer.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
EXCEPT FOR THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE, THE
MATTERS ADDRESSED ARE FORWARD - LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT INVOLVE CERTAIN RISKS
AND UNCERTAINTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS,
COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES, THE COMPANY'S EXPANSION PLANS AND RESTAURANT
PROFITABILITY LEVELS AND OTHER MATTERS IDENTIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE
COMPANY'S PUBLIC REPORTS AND SEC FILINGS. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY VARY.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT INVOLVE
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES RELATING TO THE PROPOSED MERGER AND OTHER FUTURE EVENTS,
INCLUDING WHETHER AND WHEN THE PROPOSED MERGER WILL BE CONSUMMATED. A VARIETY OF
FACTORS COULD CAUSE ACTUAL EVENTS OR RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FACTORS INCLUDE,
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, RISKS THAT STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL AND MATERIAL THIRD PARTY
CLEARANCES MAY NOT BE OBTAINED IN A TIMELY MANNER OR AT ALL, THAT AN ORDER OR
INJUNCTION MAY BE IMPOSED PROHIBITING OR DELAYING THE MERGER AND THAT ANY OTHER
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER MAY NOT BE SATISFIED OR WAIVED. THE COMPANY ASSUMES NO
OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION.
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