
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 23, 1994                   TAG: 9403230014
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: METRO 
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TYSON SAYS BARRIERS TO TAKEOVER GONE

Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark. foods processor, said Tuesday the waiting period has expired for federal officials to raise objections under anti-trust laws to its proposed takeover of WLR Foods Inc. Tyson earlier this month launched a tender offer for WLR stock, paying $30 a share or $329 million to take over the Broadway, Va., chicken and turkey processor and distributor.

Lacking federal objections, `'this removed the sole antitrust-related regulatory hurdle to the completion of our tender offer," said Tyson Foods chairman Don Tyson.

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