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Friday 28. December 2012

PPG commences split-off exchange offer for commodity chemicals business

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has commenced its exchange offer related to the split-off transaction of its commodity chemicals business. The split-off transaction is in connection with the separation and merger of Eagle Spinco Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PPG that will own substantially all of the assets and liabilities of PPG’s commodity chemicals business, with a subsidiary of Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE:GGC). As previously announced, PPG entered into definitive agreements as of July 18, 2012, to separate and merge its commodity chemicals business with Georgia Gulf.

Thursday 27. December 2012

PolyOne to Acquire Advanced Composite Materials Producer Glasforms

· Adjacent expansion of PolyOne’s Specialty platform with entry into advanced composite materials · Attractive and high-growth end markets with diverse customer base · Significant opportunity for global expansion and cross-selling by leveraging PolyOne’s infrastructure · Exceptional and veteran Glasforms management team to remain and accelerate growth with incremental investment and resources from PolyOne

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