EX-99.2 3 c97099exv99w2.htm EXHIBIT 2 Exhibit 2
Exhibit 2
February 24, 2010
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
     
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
   
Incorporated
   
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
  as Representatives of the several
  Underwriters to be named in the
  within-mentioned Purchase Agreement
c/o Merrill Lynch & Co.
     
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
   
Incorporated
   
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
  Re:  
Proposed Public Offering by Owens Corning/Fibreboard Asbestos Personal Injury Trust
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned, stockholder of Owens Corning, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (together with Merrill Lynch, the “Representatives”) propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Company and Owens Corning/Fibreboard Asbestos Personal Injury Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, acting through its trustees (the “Selling Stockholder”) providing for the public offering of shares (the “Securities”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Purchase Agreement that, during a period of 180 days from the date of the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any of the Lock-up Securities, or file, or cause to be filed, any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The undersigned may sell shares of Common Stock purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the public offering of Securities by the Selling Stockholder if and only if (i) such sales are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such sales.

 

 


 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if:
(1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day lock-up period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
(2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day lock-up period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day lock-up period,
the Representatives may extend, by written notice to the Company, the restrictions imposed by this lock-up agreement until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the 180-day lock-up period pursuant to the previous paragraph will be delivered by the Representatives to the Company (in accordance with Section 13 of the Purchase Agreement) and that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned. The undersigned further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement during the period from the date of this lock-up agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial 180-day lock-up period, he will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless he has received written confirmation from the Company that the 180-day lock-up period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

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  Very truly yours,

OWENS CORNING/FIBREBOARD
ASBESTOS PERSONAL INJURY TRUST
 
 
  By   /s/ Dean M. Trafelet    
    Dean M. Trafelet, Managing Trustee