DALLAS, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Industrial Technologies, Inc.
(NYSE: GIX) announced that in light of Global's earlier announcement today
that it is continuing in exclusive negotiations with respect to a possible
sale of the Company, Global has determined that it would be in the best
interests of its stockholders to keep the polls open until 11:30 a.m.
(New York City time) on June 17, 1999 so that stockholders can take this
information into account when voting for the proposals presented at today's
annual meeting of stockholders.
Global is a major manufacturer of technologically advanced industrial
products that support high-growth markets around the world. Products include
modular cells for refining nonferrous metals; premium refractories for lining
heat-containing industrial vessels such as steel furnaces; raw materials used
to make refractory products; processing and recycling equipment.
SOURCE Global Industrial Technologies, Inc.
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CONTACT:
George Pasley, V.P. Communications of Global
Industrial Technologies, Inc., 214-953-4510
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