Owens Corning & Saint-Gobain Proposed Joint Venture Update
April 23 2007 - 3:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens Corning
(NYSE:OC) and Saint-Gobain today announced the voluntary withdrawal
of the merger filing to the European Commission in connection with
the creation of a joint venture merging Owens Corning's
Reinforcements Business and Saint-Gobain's Reinforcements and
Composites Business. The withdrawal in Europe will allow the two
companies additional time to better align calendars for the
antitrust approvals of the transaction with the two main agencies:
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States and the
European Commission. It is anticipated that the merger notification
to the European Commission will be refiled in the coming weeks,
with the view to obtain a phase 1 clearance. The transaction, which
has been approved by the Board of Directors of both parent
companies, is subject to customary closing conditions and
regulatory and antitrust approvals. On July 27, 2006, Owens Corning
and Saint-Gobain first jointly announced that they were in
discussions to merge their respective reinforcements and composites
businesses, thereby creating a global company in reinforcements and
composite fabrics products, with worldwide revenues of
approximately $1.8 billion (euro 1.5 billion) and 10,000 employees.
Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain representatives jointly announced on
February 20, 2007 that they had signed a joint-venture agreement to
merge Owens Corning's Reinforcements Business and Saint-Gobain's
Reinforcements and Composites Business into a new company that will
be named "OCV Reinforcements". This agreement contemplates that the
joint venture will be owned 60 percent by Owens Corning and 40
percent by Saint-Gobain. After a minimum of four years,
Saint-Gobain will have the option to sell its 40 percent stake to
Owens Corning, and Owens Corning will have the option to buy
Saint-Gobain's stake in the joint venture. About Owens Corning
Owens Corning is a world leader in building materials systems and
composite solutions. A Fortune 500 company for more than 50 years,
Owens Corning people redefine what is possible each day to deliver
high-quality products and services ranging from insulation,
roofing, siding and stone, to glass composite materials used in
transportation, electronics, telecommunications and other
high-performance applications. Founded in 1938, Owens Corning is a
market-leading innovator of glass-fiber technology with sales of
$6.5 billion in 2006 and 19,000 employees in 26 countries.
Additional information is available at
http://www.owenscorning.com/. DATASOURCE: Owens Corning CONTACT:
Media, Jason Saragian, +1-149-248-8987; Investors, Scott Deitz,
+1-419-248-8935, both of Owens Corning Web site:
http://www.owenscorning.com/ Company News On-Call:
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