Westlake Chemical (WLK) Boosts Offer for Georgia Gulf (GGC) to $35/Share

February 1, 2012 8:03 AM EST
Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) announced today that it has submitted a revised proposal to the board of Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE: GGC) to acquire all the outstanding shares of Georgia Gulf for $35.00 per share in cash. The Company also announced that Georgia Gulf has rejected this increased offer. The revised proposal represents a 17% increase to Westlake’s previous offer of $30.00 per share, a 77% premium to Georgia Gulf’s unaffected 30-day volume weighted average share price of $19.82 prior to our original public offer and a substantial premium over the volume weighted average share price since the initial offer.


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