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- From: benson@med.ge.com (Mark Benson)
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- Organization: GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 21:59:42 GMT
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- Responding to an earlier query - the following lifted from internal GE mail
- and redistributed (gasp) without permission. Having heard this on NPR, I
- believe it to be no problem...
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- MARTIN MARIETTA TO AQUIRE GE AEROSPACE FOR $3.05 BILLION IN CASH, SECURITIES
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- WASHINGTON (NOV. 23) UPI - The Martin Marietta Corp. and General Electric Co.
- jointly announced Monday they have reached a definitive agreement to merge GE's
- Aerospace businesses into Martin Marietta in a deal valued at $3.05 billion.
-
- Under terms of the transaction, GE will receive cash and $1 billion in
- convertible preferred stock in Martin Marietta.
-
- Martin Marietta will support GE's nomination of two additional members to its
- expanded board of directors.
-
- The merger will combine two of the nation's leading aerospace research and
- development organizations and will expand the new Martin Marietta's competitive
- position in such diversified markets as space, communications, defense,
- electronics, information, technical services, materials and energy.
-
- The GE Aerospace businesses that will join Martin Marietta are major suppliers
- of satellites, radar and sonar systems, simulation systems, communications
- systems, government technical services and other aerospace and defense systems.
-
- Revenues from these operations in 1991 exceeded $6 billion.
-
- The merger also provides for Martin Marietta's use of General Electric's
- Corporate Research and Development Center as part of a continuing cooperative
- agreement between the two firms.
-
- With the addition of the GE operations, Martin Marietta's annual revenues will
- nearly double, approaching $11 billion, including approximately $3 billion in
- sales from commercial and civil government customers.
-
- Martin Marietta's backlog will increase to $19 billion, not including $9
- billion in Department of Energy operating contracts.
-
- The merger has been approved by both Martin Marietta's and General Electric's
- Boards of Directors but is subject to government review and the approval of
- Martin Marietta shareowners.
-
- The transaction is expected to close during the first half of 1993.
-
- Included in the transaction are GE Aerospace, headquartered in Valley Forge,
- Pa., and with major locations in Syracuse, Binghamton and Utica, N.Y.;
- Moorestown, Cherry Hill, East Windsor and Camden, N.J.; Pittsfield, Mass.;
- Burlington, Vt.; and Daytona Beach, Fla.
-
- Also included in the transaction are GE Government Services, headquartered in
- Cherry Hill, N.J.; Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Niskayuna, N.Y.; and the
- Machinery Apparatus Operation in Schenectady, N.Y.
-
- Martin Marietta's employment will be about 94,000 people, including 27,000
- engineers and scientists.
-
- Norman R. Augustine, chairman and chief executive officer of Martin Marietta,
- and John F. Welch, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of General
- Electric, said the merger was ''a significant milestone in the creation of
- stronger, healthier, more competitive companies as the aerospace industries
- undergo necessary consolidation.
-
- ''We expect substantial benefits for our customers, shareowners and employees
- as a result of this agreement,'' Augustine and Welch said.
-
- ''The GE and Martin Marietta businesses are very complementary. Through the
- more efficient use of facilities and resources and with the application of a
- broader range of advanced technologies, Martin Marietta will enhance its
- effectiveness in meeting the nation's substantial ongoing national security and
- commercial aerospace requirements,'' Augustine and Welch said.
-
- ''The new company will be a lower cost, more competitive and more innovative
- global supplier,'' they added.
-
- Augustine said ''This agreement brings together two outstanding organizations
- to create an even stronger one and will have both immediate and long-term
- value.
-
- ''We often have been partners with GE Aerospace and we have a great deal of
- admiration for its excellent employees as well as for the quality of their
- technology and products.
-
- ''This new Martin Marietta meets our three strategic objectives for continued
- prosperity, strengthening of our core businesses, expansion into
- closely-related civil and commercial markets, and enhancement of shareowner
- value,'' Augustine added.
-
- Welch said ''This merger is consistent with a belief central to GE management
- strategy over the past decade, that businesses must be number-one or number-two
- in their marketplace to succeed in the highly competitive global arena, or have
- a way of getting there.
-
- ''This merger will allow the new company to walk into the global arena as
- number-one in its industry, with twice the resources and a fraction of the
- overhead of the two companies that created it.
-
- ''We at GE have a long-term commitment to this new company. The agreement
- presents a unique opportunity for GE Aerospace employees to be part of a
- dynamic enterprise that is well-positioned for the challenging
- businessenvironment ahead,'' Welsch added.
-
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- Mark Benson benson@med.ge.com
- GE Medical Systems (until they sell us:^) Milwaukee, WI USA
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