Corporate Headquarters
1501 Ardmore Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15221-4401
(412) 731-2100
Annual Meeting of the Shareholders
The annual meeting of the shareholders will be held at Two Mellon
Bank Center, 501 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on
November 19, 1997 at 1:00 p.m.
Market for the Company's Common Stock and Related
Shareholder Matters
The company's shares are traded on the over-the-counter market
and are reported on the NASDAQ National Market System under the
symbol RESP. The company began trading on the national
over-the-counter market on May 12, 1988. As of September 17,
1997, there were 1,409 shareholders of record of the company's
common stock.
The company has never paid a cash dividend with respect to its common stock and does not plan to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
High and low sale price information for the company's common stock for the applicable quarter is shown below:
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1997 Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1996
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First Second Third Fourth First Second Third Fourth
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High $25.00 $25.00 $22.25 $21.50 High $19.75 $22.25 $24.75 $23.50
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Low $17.25 $13.50 $16.75 $17.75 Low $13.75 $17.00 $17.00 $17.25
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Form 10-K
Copies of the Respironics, Inc. annual report on Form 10-K as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission will be sent
without charge upon written request. Address requests to Dorita
Pishko, Corporate Secretary, Respironics, Inc., 1501 Ardmore
Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15221-4401.
Shareholder Inquiries/Financial Data
Shareholders, analysts or others seeking information about the
company are encouraged to contact Daniel Bevevino, Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer, and James Woll, Treasurer,
Respironics, Inc., 1501 Ardmore Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15221-4401, (412) 731-2100.
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Transfer Agent and Registrar
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, Four Station Square, Third
Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
General Counsel
Steven P. Fulton
Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Douglas A. Cotter, Ph.D.
Vice President, Decision Resources
(An international healthcare consulting firm)
James H. Hardie
Partner, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay LLP
(A law firm)
Donald H. Jones
Chairman, DHJ Enterprises
(An investment firm)
Joseph C. Lawyer
President, Chatwins Group, Inc.
(A designer and manufacturer of fabricated and machined parts and products)
Candace L. Littell
President, CL Littell & Associates
(A healthcare consulting firm)
George J. Magovern, M.D.
Executive Vice President for Health Services
Delivery and Professor of Surgery
Allegheny General Hospital
Gerald E. McGinnis
Chairman of the Board
Dennis S. Meteny
President and Chief Executive Officer
Gerald E. McGinnis
Chairman of the Board
Dennis S. Meteny
President and Chief Executive Officer
Daniel J. Bevevino
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Robert D. Crouch
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Raymond W. Dyer
Vice President, Marketing
Steven P. Fulton
Vice President, Human Resources and General Counsel
Robert M. Oates
Vice President, Engineering
Dorita A. Pishko
Corporate Secretary
Eugene A. Rindels
Chief Information Officer
Bruce D. Ward, Ph.D.
Vice President, New Product Development Process
Geoffrey C. Waters
Vice President, Customer Satisfaction
James C. Woll
Treasurer