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WEST PALM BEACH , Fla.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--July 13, 2004--Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. (NYSE: JJZ) today announced the appointment of Bryan Kelln as President of the Company's Jacuzzi Inc. business unit. Mr. Kelln, 38, will assume global leadership for the JACUZZI(R) branded companies which include Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath in North America, the Jacuzzi Spa Division , Jacuzzi South America , Jacuzzi UK, and Jacuzzi Europe (JESPA). He will be based in the Dallas, Texas office. Mr. Kelln joins Jacuzzi Brands , Inc. from The Jordan Company, a private investment firm with revenues in excess of $4.0 billion, where he was involved in acquisitions, divestitures and served as a board member of various portfolio companies. From 2000-2002, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockshox, Inc., a leading manufacturer of branded high- performance bicycle components . Prior to this, Mr. Kelln held executive positions of increasing responsibility within General Cable Corporation , inc...

SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Private equity firm Apollo Management L.P. announced in mid-October that it is buying Jacuzzi Brands for $1.25 billion. Jacuzzi's bath and spa business will become an operating unit of Apollo, while Zurn Industries will be sold to another Apollo company . RBS Global, the parent company of Rexnord Corp., said it would pay Apollo Management $950 million for Zurn, then roll Zurn into Rexnord, a manufacturer of engineered power transmission , aerospace and other motion technology products . Apollo owns RBS Global . Under the terms of the merger agreement, Jacuzzi Brands' shareholders will receive $12.50 per share in cash. The transaction will be financed through a combination of equity contributed by Apollo and debt financing. Jacuzzi's board of directors has approved the merger agreement and has recommended to Jacuzzi Brands' shareholders that they vote in favor of the transaction. In connection with the proposed transaction...

The following is from Adam O'Riordan’s short story collection , The Burning Ground. The Burning Ground is a collection of eight stories about men haunted by their past: from a painter tormented by memories of a lover to a father trying to rekindle a relationship with his son. Adam O’Riordan’s poetry collection In the Flesh won the Somerset Maugham Award , awarded to the best writer under the age of 35. He is an academic director at Manchester Metropolitan University . Alannah would always come at two o’clock as she had on her first visit. But they never talked about how they might exist outside of the confines of the studio. Then at Easter a fortnight passed without her visiting. He had delayed his own trip to see his sister in Harrogate. By the third week, when two o’clock came he was pacing the studio, snapping the slats in the battered brushed-metal blind, peering down on to the parked cars on the street below. He had first met Alannah and her husband at the same party. He had...