Article: Watts Industries, Inc. Receives Favorable IRS Ruling On Tax-Free Treatment of New Spin-Off.

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1999--

CIRCOR International, Inc. is Established; New Company to Comprise

Instrumentation, Petrochemical and Steam Businesses

Watts Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WTS) today announced it has received a favorable ruling from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the tax-free treatment of the spin-off it announced on December 15, 1998. Watts also announced that the name of the spin-off will be CIRCOR International, Inc. and that the new company has arranged for initial debt financing to retire indebtedness assumed from Watts and for working capital purposes. CIRCOR announced that it has engaged ING Barings ...

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