Exhibit (a)(5)(vi)
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
NACCO INDUSTRIES, INC. INCREASES TENDER OFFER PRICE
FOR APPLICA TO $8.05 PER SHARE
FOR APPLICA TO $8.05 PER SHARE
CLEVELAND, OH, January 16, 2007 — NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NC) announced today that through
an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, it has increased the offer price in its cash tender offer to
purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of
Applica Incorporated (NYSE: APN) from $7.90 per share to $8.05 per share. The expiration date of
the tender offer will be extended to January 29, 2007 as a result of the price increase.
Applica previously announced that it will reconvene the Special Meeting of its shareholders on
January 17, 2007 to vote on the proposed Harbinger merger. Applica shareholders are urged to
accept the NACCO offer at $8.05 per share.
As of the close of business on Friday, January 12, 2007, approximately 3,300 shares have been
tendered pursuant to the tender offer.
Questions regarding the tender offer or requests for offering materials should be directed to the
information agent, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., at (800) 322-2885. Offering materials are being filed
today by Apex Acquisition Corporation, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and will be available on the SEC’s website at
http://www.sec.gov. Applica’s shareholders are urged to read the offering materials filed by Apex
Acquisition Corporation, which contain important information.
THIS PRESS RELEASE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO PURCHASE OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL,
WHICH MAY BE MADE ONLY PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND RELATED LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL INITIALLY FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 15, 2006, AS
AMENDED. THE OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE TO, NOR WILL TENDERS BE ACCEPTED FROM OR ON BEHALF OF,
HOLDERS OF APPLICA SHARES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OF THE OFFER OR THE ACCEPTANCE
THEREOF WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH THE LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION.
About NACCO
NACCO is an operating holding company with three principal businesses: lift trucks, housewares and
mining. NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, sells, services and
leases a comprehensive line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally under the
Hyster® and Yale® brand names. NACCO Housewares Group consists of Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, a
leading designer, marketer and distributor of small electric household