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9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
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SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On October 11, 2013, the Company entered into a definitive agreement under which the Company’s global Polypropylene Licensing and Catalysts business will be divested to W. R. Grace & Co. for a sale price of $500 million. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2013, pending regulatory approval, and the Company expects to report a gain on this divestiture. The divestiture will include the Company’s polypropylene catalysts manufacturing facility in Norco, Louisiana. Also included are customer contracts, licenses, intellectual property and inventory.