Hercules Shareholders Vote in Favor of Merger with Ashland Inc.
06 11์ 2008 - 1:15AM
Business Wire
Hercules Incorporated (NYSE: HPC) announced that at its special
shareholders meeting held earlier today Hercules๏ฟฝ shareholders
adopted the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 10, 2008,
pursuant to which Ashland Inc. has agreed to acquire Hercules. The
Merger Agreement was adopted by holders of more than two-thirds of
Hercules๏ฟฝ outstanding common stock, as required by Hercules๏ฟฝ
Certificate of Incorporation and the Merger Agreement. The terms of
the Merger Agreement call for Hercules shareholders to receive, for
each share of Hercules common stock, $18.60 in cash and 0.0930 of a
share of Ashland common stock. Hercules and Ashland expect the
transaction to close on November 13, 2008. Hercules manufactures
and markets chemical specialties globally for making a variety of
products for home, office and industrial markets. For more
information, visit the Hercules website at www.herc.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This news release includes
forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, reflecting management's current
analysis and expectations, based on what management believes to be
reasonable assumptions. The words or phrases "will likely result,"
"should," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated,"
"expect," "estimate," "project" or similar expressions are among
those which identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors, which may cause the actual results to differ
materially from those projected, stated or implied, depending on
such factors as: the possibility that the transaction with Ashland
may not be completed; the possibility that financing may not be
available to Ashland on the terms committed; and other risks that
are described in filings made by Ashland and the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with the
proposed transaction. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that
the Company will meet future results, performance or achievement,
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. As
appropriate, additional factors are contained in reports filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This
paragraph is included to provide safe harbor for forward-looking
statements, which are not generally required to be publicly revised
as circumstances change, and which the Company does not intend to
update.
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