Robert L. McNeil Trust, 10% Owner of Arrow International, Files Proxy Materials for Arrow's Annual Meeting; Nominates Slate of 7

GREENWICH, Conn., Aug. 28  /PRNewswire/ -- The Robert L. McNeil Jr. 1983 Trust, which owns 4,624,494 shares, or approximately 10% of the outstanding shares, of Arrow International, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARRO), announced that it has filed preliminary proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the election of a slate of seven highly qualified directors at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders to be held on September 20, 2007.

At the meeting shareholders will be asked to adopt a merger agreement, pursuant to which the Company will be merged with Teleflex Incorporated.  The Trust intends to vote in favor of the merger with Teleflex.

However, in the event that the merger is not consummated for any reason, the Trust believes that the Company should be governed by a board committed to growth and development of the Company's businesses and to engaging management with the vision and skills needed to implement this growth.  The Trust's nominees collectively have extensive backgrounds in public company financial oversight and accounting, the promotion of investor value and corporate law and governance.  If the merger agreement is adopted, the Trust anticipates that its nominees would act to fulfill the Company's obligations under the merger agreement and consummate the merger.

The Trust is also seeking support of shareholders to implement a by-law amendment to provide for age limits for directors.  This amendment will only apply to the election or appointment of directors following the 2007 annual meeting of shareholders, assuming the Teleflex merger is not consummated.

According to the Company's proxy materials, shareholders will also be asked at the annual meeting to ratify the selection of the Company's independent accounting firm for 2007, a proposal that the Trust supports. Finally, the Company will be asking shareholders to authorize an adjournment or postponement of the meeting if there are insufficient votes to adopt the merger agreement.  The Trust intends to vote against this proposal but makes no recommendation regarding the proposal to other shareholders.

The Trust will distribute or make available its proxy materials promptly following conclusion of the regulatory review period.  Shareholders will be able to use the Trust's proxy card to vote on all matters to be presented at the meeting, including adoption of the Teleflex merger agreement.  The Trust urges all shareholders and their representatives to wait to cast their vote until the Trust's materials become available. 

DATASOURCE: The Robert L. McNeil Jr. Trust



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