FEDDERS CORP /DE

expiry = 2002-11-27...xhibit(a)(1)(A) OFFERING CIRCULAR OFFER TO EXCHANGE UP TO 2,100,000 SHARES OF SERIES A CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK FOR UP TO 15,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF FEDDERS CORPORATION THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 27, 2002, UNLESS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED. FEDDERS CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION ("FEDDERS"), HEREBY OFFERS, UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR AND IN THE ACCOMPANYING LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, TO EXCHANGE (T...

listed = True...s established more than 100 years ago and has been in the air treatment business for more than 50 years. Our headquarters are located at 505 Martinsville Road, Liberty Corner, New Jersey 07938-0813, and our telephone number is (908) 604-8686. Our Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FJC." For further information concerning Fedders, please see the section of this Offering Circular titled "Where You Can Find More Information." WHAT CLASSES AND AMOUNTS OF SECURITIES ARE SOUGHT IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER? We are offering to acquire in exchange for shares of our newly issued Series A Cumulative Preferred Sto...

must_tender_all = True...inary proration factor by press release promptly after the Exchange Offer expires. We expect to announce any final proration factor within about seven business days after the expiration date. If you hold fewer than 100 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, and tender all of these shares for exchange, all of your shares will be accepted for exchange without proration if the Exchange Offer is completed. However, if you hold more than 100 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, even if you tender less than 100 shares of Common Stock, your shares will 11 be subject to proration if more than 15,000,000 shares of Common Stoc...

threshold = 100...THAN 15,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ARE TENDERED? If more than 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock are tendered in the Exchange Offer, all shares of Common Stock that are validly tendered will be accepted for exchange on a pro rata basis. However, tenders by persons who own fewer than 100 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, which are sometimes referred to as "odd-lots," who tender all of the shares they own will not be subject to proration and will be accepted in full. Persons who in the aggregate own more than 100 shares of Common Stock are not eligible for this treatment and their shares of Common Stock will be subject to...