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FACT
Aggregates USA operates
31 facilities; Shamrock
Materials owns ready-
mix plants and a quarry
and sells a diverse line of
concrete accessories and
building materials.
of which have rail capabilities extend-
ing the company's reach into important
markets – along with 16 rail distribution
yards in Georgia, South Carolina and Flor-
ida. In addition, the acquisition includes
12 limestone quarries in east Tennessee
and southwest Virginia. Vulcan may divest
several quarries in Tennessee to a third
party in order to expedite the regulatory
approval process.
The transaction is subject to customary
closing conditions and regulatory provi-
sions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
Vulcan expects the transaction to be
accretive to the company's earnings per
share in the first year following the close.
SPO Partners is a Mill Valley, Calif.-based
investment partnership that employs
a long-term, value-oriented and highly
concentrated approach to investing in
companies in the public and private mar-
kets. With more than $7 billion in assets
under management, SPO invests across a
wide range of industries including basic
materials, media, telecom, energy, power
and real estate.
Vulcan also acquired Petaluma,
Calif.-based Shamrock Materials, a six-de-
cade-old company and one of the largest
suppliers of concrete and paving materi-
als to San Francisco's North Bay area.
Shamrock Materials owns ready-mix
plants and a quarry and sells a diverse
line of concrete accessories and building
materials, as well as masonry, stone prod-
ucts and landscaping materials.
With Shamrock, Vulcan Materials picked
up California concrete, rock, sand and
gravel facilities in Sonoma, Napa and
Marin counties, company spokes-
woman Atisthan Roach said. That
includes ready-mix plants in San
Rafael, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Clover-
dale and Napa; building-materials
sites in Cotati and San Rafael; a sand
and gravel outlet in Cloverdale; and a
materials depot on Landing Way along
the Petaluma River.
Jeff Nehmans was promoted from
operations chief to vice president and
general manager, reporting to Glen-
dale-based Western Division President
Brock Lodge.
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