EXHIBIT (a)(5)(B)

This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The Offer is being made solely by the Offer to Purchase dated November 15, 2002 and the related Letter of Transmittal and any amendments or supplements thereto, and is being made to all holders of Shares.Purchaser is not aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer is prohibited by administrative or judicial action pursuant to any valid state statute. If Purchaser becomes aware of any valid state statute prohibiting the making of the Offer or the acceptance of the Shares pursuant thereto, Purchaser will make a good faith effort to comply with such statute or seek to have such statute declared inapplicable to the Offer. If, after such good faith effort, Purchaser cannot comply with such state statute, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of ) holders of Shares in such state. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer is being made on behalf of Purchaser by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdictions.

Notice of Offer to Purchase for Cash

All Outstanding Common Shares

of

Hunt Corporation

at

$12.50 Net Per Share

by

FAC Acquisition Corporation

a wholly owned subsidiary of

FAC Holding Corporation

FAC Acquisition Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of FAC Holding Corporation (“Parent”), a Pennsylvania corporation, is offering to purchase all outstanding common shares, par value $.10 per share (the “Shares”), of Hunt Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), at a price of $12.50 per Share, in cash net to the seller, without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated November 15, 2002 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, as amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the “Offer”).

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2002, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.

The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) there being validly tendered and not withdrawn immediately prior to the expiration of the Offer or otherwise acquired by Parent or any of its affiliates prior to the expiration of the Offer a number of Shares representing at least a majority of the Fully Diluted Shares (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and (ii) any applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, having expired or been terminated. The Offer is also subject to the other conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase. See Sections 1 and 15 of the Offer to Purchase.

The Offer is being made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2002 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, Purchaser and the Company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the “PBCL”), as promptly as practicable after the completion of the Offer and satisfaction or waiver, if permissible, of all conditions contained in the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”) and the Company will be the surviving corporation in the Merger. At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share then outstanding, other than Shares held by (A) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) Parent or Purchaser or any of their subsidiaries and (C) holders of Shares who properly perfect their dissenters’ rights under the PBCL, if applicable, will be converted into the right to receive $12.50 net to Seller in cash, without interest thereon. The Merger Agreement is more fully described in Section 12 of the Offer to Purchase.

The Board of Directors of the Company unanimously (i) approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, (ii) determined that the Offer and the Merger are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company’s shareholders and (iii) recommends that shareholders accept the Offer and tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer.

Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, Parent and Purchaser, on the one hand, and certain shareholders on the other hand (the “Certain Shareholders”), entered into a Tender and Voting Agreement dated as of November 11, 2002 (the “Tender and Voting Agreement”). The Tender and Voting Agreement relates to the 3,292,167 Shares owned by the Certain Shareholders, as well as 519,783 of Shares subject to Options (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), of which 511,783 such Options are presently exercisable. The issued and outstanding Shares subject to the Tender and Voting Agreement currently represent approximately 33% of the Fully Diluted Shares. The issued and outstanding Shares and presently exercisable Options subject to the Tender and Voting Agreement together represent approximately 38% of the Fully Diluted Shares. Pursuant to the Tender and Voting Agreement, each Certain Shareholder has agreed, among other things, to tender in the Offer, and not withdraw therefrom, the Shares owned by such Certain Shareholders, as well as any other Shares acquired prior to the expiration of the Offer including pursuant to the exercise of Options. The Tender and Voting Agreement is more fully described in Section 12 of the Offer to Purchase.

For purposes of the Offer, Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted for payment, and thereby purchased, Shares properly tendered to Purchaser and not withdrawn, if, as and when Purchaser gives oral or written notice to the Depositary (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) of Purchaser’s acceptance for payment of such Shares. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made by deposit of the purchase price therefor with the Depositary, which will act as agent for tendering shareholders for the purpose of receiving payment from Purchaser and transmitting payment to tendering shareholders. In all cases, payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of (i) certificates for such Shares (or a timely Book-Entry Confirmation (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) with respect thereto), (ii) a Letter of Transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile thereof ), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and (iii) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. Accordingly, payment may be made to tendering shareholders at different times if delivery of the certificates and other required documents occur at different times.

Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the purchase price to be paid by Purchaser for the Shares, regardless of any extension of the Offer or any delay in making such payment.

The term “Expiration Date” shall mean 12:00 Midnight, New York City time, on Friday, December 13, 2002, unless and until Purchaser (in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement), shall have extended the period of time during which the Offer is open, in which event the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, shall expire.

Subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Purchaser expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, to (a) extend the period of time during which the Offer is open and thereby delay acceptance for payment of and the payment for any Shares by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and (b) amend the Offer in any other respect by giving oral or written notice of such amendment to the Depositary. Any extension, delay, waiver, amendment or termination of the Offer will be followed as promptly as practicable by public announcement thereof, the announcement in the case of an extension to be issued no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date.

Except as otherwise provided in the Offer to Purchase, tenders of Shares are irrevocable. Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date. For a withdrawal to be effective, a written, telegraphic or facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth in the Offer to Purchase. Any such notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person who tendered the Shares to be withdrawn, the number of Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of the Shares to be withdrawn, if different from the name of the person who tendered the Shares. If certificates evidencing Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, then, prior to the physical release of such certificates, the serial numbers shown on such certificates must be submitted to the Depositary and, unless such Shares have been tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), the signatures on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. If Shares have been delivered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer as set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase, any notice of withdrawal must also specify the name and number of the account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) to be credited with the withdrawn Shares and otherwise comply with such Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s procedures. Withdrawals of tendered Shares may not be rescinded, and any Shares properly withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. However, withdrawn Shares may be retendered by again following one of the procedures described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase at any time prior to the Expiration Date. All questions as to the form and validity (including time of receipt) of notices of withdrawal will be determined by Purchaser, in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding.

The information required to be disclosed by paragraph (d)(1) of Rule 14d-6 under the Shares Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is contained in the Offer to Purchase and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company has provided Purchaser with the Company’s shareholder lists and security position listings for the purpose of disseminating the Offer to shareholders. The Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and other relevant documents will be mailed to record holders of Shares whose names appear on the shareholder lists, and will be furnished to brokers, dealers, banks, trust companies and similar persons whose names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on the Company’s shareholder lists, or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency’s security position listing, for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares.

The Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal contain important information and should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer.

Questions and requests for assistance or additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other tender offer documents may be directed to the Information Agent at the address and telephone number set forth below, and copies will be furnished promptly at Purchaser’s expense. Neither Parent nor Purchaser will pay any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or other person other than the Information Agent for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer.

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

Georgeson Shareholder

17 State Street, 10th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Banks and Brokers Please Call: (212) 440-9800

All Others Call Toll Free: (866) 870-4330

November 15, 2002

18065    Georgeson Shareholder Communications

Farrington & Favia Inc. (212) 244-7970

Description: Hunt Corporation

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