	fruehauf posts mln dlr loss fruehauf corp which went private in december through a leveraged buyout said the predecessor company had a loss of mln dlrs compared to ings of mln dlrs in sales of the predecessor company were billion dlrs compared to billion dlrs in including the sales by the operations which are divestiture candidates fruehauf said in connection with the buyout acquisition the predecessor company incurred about mln dlrs in expenses charged against operations in addition to the direct expenses fruehauf said operating results were adversely affected by an unquantifiable amount due to the disruption related to a proxy contest and attempted hostile takeover which started in early fruehauf said its board rescheduled the annual meeting to june from may to allow for completion and distribution of the results to shareholders reuter 
