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 DPC Acquisition Partners, a hostile suitor for Dataproducts Corp., filed a petition in federal district court in Los Angeles 
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seeking to have its standstill agreement with the computer printer maker declared void, 
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and it proceeded with a $10-a-share tender offer for the company.
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 The offer would give the transaction an indicated value of $189 million, 
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based on the 18.9 million shares 
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the group doesn't already own.
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 DPC holds about 7.8% of Dataproducts' shares.
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representing DPC 
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declined to elaborate,
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they didn't have a final copy of the filing. 
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Jack Davis, Dataproducts' chairman, said 
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he hadn't yet seen the filing 
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and couldn't comment.
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 DPC made a $15-a-share bid for the company in May, 
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but Dataproducts management considered the $283.7 million proposal unacceptable.
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 Dataproducts had sought a buyer for several months, 
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but it is now in the midst of a restructuring plan 
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the company is no longer for sale.
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