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Chillicothe Paper Mill - Timeline
• Prior to 2001 – Mead Corporation – 110 years
• 2002 – Mead and Westvaco merge (MeadWestvaco)
• 2005 – May 2nd – 5 mills sold to Cerberus to form NewPage (Chillicothe, Escanaba, Rumford, Luke, Wickliffe)
• 2005 – June 2nd – announce “strategic alternatives”
• 2006 – April 3rd – sale to Glatfelter
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Strategic Alternatives
• Alternative #1– Sale to a Strategic Buyer
• Alternative #2– Sale to Employees (ESOP)
• Alternative #3– Restructure and stay with NewPage
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Buyout ActivitiesLabor and Management working collaboratively towards
a self-owned vision
• Ohio Employee Ownership Center (KSU) supporting Committee– Overview meetings with employees held explaining ESOP’s
• ESOP Buyout Committee created– Grassroots employee effort out ahead of Cerberus/NewPage
• Mill-wide employee meetings• ESOP newsletter – biweekly to all employees• Refined Business Plan under ESOP model• Pre-feasibility Consultant hired• Counsel retained to assist in ESOP creation & negotiation of agreement
with NewPage• Investment bank engaged to identify sources of capital & to assist in
structuring the deal• Letter of Intent issued to NewPage• December, 2005 – ESOP process put on hold
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