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                           KOLLMORGEN SETS RECORD DATE FOR 
                      SPECIAL MEETING OF KOLLMORGEN SHAREHOLDERS
                                           
WALTHAM, Massachusetts, December 15, 1997 -- The Board of Directors of 
Kollmorgen Corporation (NYSE: KOL) announced today that it has set a record 
date of December 26, 1997 for determining the shareholders of Kollmorgen 
entitled to notice of and to vote at a special meeting of Kollmorgen 
shareholders expected to be held on January 28, 1997.  The special meeting is 
being called pursuant to the rules of the New York Stock Exchange in order to 
consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the issuance of shares of common 
stock of Kollmorgen in connection with the merger between Pacific Scientific 
Company (NYSE: PSX) and Kollmorgen proposed by Kollmorgen today.

The proposed business combination between Kollmorgen and Pacific Scientific 
consists of a tender offer by Torque Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary 
of Kollmorgen, for a majority of the shares of common stock of Pacific 
Scientific outstanding on a fully diluted basis at a price of $20.50 per 
share in cash. Successful consummation of the tender offer would be followed 
by a merger in which each share of Pacific Scientific common stock then 
outstanding (other than shares held by Pacific Scientific or any wholly owned 
subsidiary of Pacific Scientific and shares owned by Kollmorgen, Torque or 
any other direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Kollmorgen) would be 
converted into the right to receive shares of Kollmorgen common stock valued 
at $20.50, subject to a collar.  The exact number of shares of Kollmorgen 
common stock into which each Pacific Scientific common share will be 
converted will be determined by dividing $20.50 by the average, over the 20 
consecutive trading days ending five days prior to the meeting of Pacific 
Scientific shareholders called for the purpose of voting on the proposed 
merger, of the daily average high and low per share sales price of Kollmorgen 
common stock (weighted by sales volume).  In the event that the average 
during such period is less than $15.19 or greater than $18.56, the exchange 
ratio would be fixed at 1.350 shares of Kollmorgen common stock or 1.104 
shares of Kollmorgen common stock, respectively, per Pacific Scientific 
common share.

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