Octel Corp. Appoints CEO
June 23 2005 - 11:45AM
Business Wire
Octel Corp. (NYSE: OTL) today announced the appointment of Paul W.
Jennings as President and Chief Executive Officer with effect from
today's date. Mr. Jennings has been acting Chief Executive Office
since April 15, 2005. By a special resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation, Mr. Jennings was also appointed as an
executive director to serve on the Board. Mr. Jennings joined the
Corporation as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
in November 2002. He previously served as CFO for Griffin LLC, a
joint venture between Griffin Corporation and Dupont, and from 1986
to 1999 held positions of CFO and Vice President of Finance for
various divisions and regions of Courtaulds plc working in the
United States, Europe and Singapore. "We are pleased Paul will
continue as Chief Executive Officer," said Robert Bew, Chairman of
Octel Corp. "He has been crucial in driving the transformation of
our business to a global Specialty Chemicals business and his
leadership skills will be invaluable as we continue to progress on
our strategic financial and operational goals." Octel Corp., a
Delaware corporation, is a global chemical company specializing in
high performance fuel additives and special and effect chemicals.
The company's strategy is to manage profitably and responsibly the
decline in world demand for its major product - tetraethyl lead
(TEL) in gasoline - through competitive differentiation and
stringent product stewardship, to expand its Petroleum Specialties
and Performance Chemicals businesses organically through product
innovation and focus on customer needs, and to seek synergistic
growth opportunities through joint venture, alliances,
collaborative arrangements and acquisitions. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
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including statements made in filings with the Securities and
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Generally, the words "believe", "expect", "intend", "estimate",
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- including statements relating to volume growth, share of sales or
earnings per share growth, and statements expressing general
optimism about future operating results - are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from our Company's historical experience and our present
expectations or projections. As and when made, management believes
that these forward-looking statements are reasonable. However,
caution should be taken not to place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements since such statements speak only as of
the date when made. Although we believe that our expectations are
based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of our knowledge
of our business and operations, there can be no assurance that
actual results will not differ materially from our expectations.
Among the risk factors which could cause actual results to differ
materially from expectations are the risks and uncertainties
discussed in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004 and those described from time to time in the
Company's other filings with the SEC. These include, without
limitation, the timing of orders received from customers, the gain
or loss of significant customers, the effects of changing
government regulations and economic and market conditions,
competition from other manufacturers and changes in the demand for
our products, including the rate of decline in demand for TEL, and
business and legal risks inherent in non-US activities, including
political and economic uncertainty, import and export limitations
and market risks related to changes in interest rates and foreign
exchange rates, successful completion of planned disposals, the
impact of changes in senior management, government investigations
and material fines or other penalties resulting from its voluntary
disclosure to OFAC, and the existence and impact of any
deficiencies or material weaknesses or remedial actions taken by
the Company in respect of a potential violation of the Code of
Ethics by the former Chief Executive Officer which may have
resulted in a potential violation of certain laws and regulations
by the former Chief Executive Officer and the Company, and
compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In
addition, increases in the cost of product, changes in the market
in general and significant changes in new product introduction
could result in actual results varying from expectations. Should
one or more of these risks materialize (or the consequences of such
developments worsen), or should the underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results could differ materially from those
expected. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
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