December 2011, Vol. 66 No. 12
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Aegion Corporation New Parent Company For Insituform, Subsidiaries
Insituform Technologies Inc. announced the completion of an internal reorganization whereby a new Delaware parent holding company, Aegion Corporation, has been created to provide corporate and administrative services for its operating subsidiaries (Insituform Technologies, The Bayou Companies, Corrpro Companies, United Pipeline Systems, CRTS, Fibrwrap Construction Services and Fyfe).
In the new structure, Aegion replaces Insituform as the public company, and Insituform and its former direct subsidiaries are now direct subsidiaries of Aegion. Aegion’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under its new symbol AEGN.
Upon completion of the reorganization and without any action on the part of the Insituform stockholders, each share of Insituform common stock was converted into one share of Aegion common stock. The management and board of directors of Aegion are identical to that of Insituform prior to the reorganization, as are the certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other corporate governance documents.
J. Joseph Burgess, president and chief executive officer of Insituform, and now Aegion, said, “There are inflection points in every company’s evolution, moments that reflect a major shift in strategy. That moment came for Insituform in 2011 when for the first time our global sewer contracting business will represent less than 50 percent of our revenue, after representing approximately 88 percent of our revenue in 2007. This transition was the direct result of the implementation of our strategic plan to diversify into higher growth and higher return products and services in the energy and mining and high growth commercial and structural rehabilitation markets.”
Burgess also said that the Insituform name will continue to be used for its subsidiaries and products that operate in the water and wastewater business segments.
The new reorganization is expected to support growth strategy by furnishing products and services of long-term protection for water and wastewater pipes, oil and gas pipelines, as well as commercial and governmental structures and transportation infrastructure.
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