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Y STOCK WATCH… … Q U A R T E R LY S T O C K W A T C H … Q U A R T E R LY S T O C K W A T C H … stockWATCH Wall Street Struggles to the End of 2007 The stock market scratched to the end of 2007 as investors worried about crumbling housing and lending sectors on one side and high oil prices on the other. Even though existing home sales rose in November, that did little to buoy Wall Street as our session ended Dec. 31, 2007. Markets closed in the black for the year, but the slide into 2008 was a grim one for many. The Fed lowered interest rates a quarter point at the end of October and again in December as homeowners and the credit sector alike struggled to find solid ground in a shrinking lending market. “We’ve seen the return of volatility,” Exchange NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NYSE NASD Ticker Symbol MMM APD ALB ARJ ASH CBT CE CEM CYT DOW DD EMN FOE FMC GE HPC HON HUN LZ MAS MTX NLC NL OMG OMN PPG ROC ROH RPM SHW TOT VAL GRA XRIT Company Name 3M Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Albemarle Corp. Arch Chemicals, Inc. Ashland, Inc. Cabot Corp. Celanese Corp. Chemtura Corp. Cytec Industries, Inc. Dow Chemical Co. E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. Eastman Chemical Co. Ferro Corp. FMC Corp. General Electric Co. Hercules, Inc. Honeywell Huntsman Corp. Lubrizol Corp. Masco Corp. (Behr Process Corp.) Minerals Technologies, Inc. Nalco Holding Co. NL Industries, Inc. OM Group, Inc. Omnova Solutions, Inc. PPG Industries, Inc. Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Rohm & Haas Co. RPM International, Inc. Sherwin-Williams Co. Total SA (Sartomer and CCP ) Valspar Corp. WR Grace & Co. X-Rite, Inc. Price 12/31/07 84.32 98.63 41.25 36.75 47.43 33.34 42.32 7.80 61.58 39.42 44.09 61.09 20.73 54.55 37.07 19.35 61.57 25.70 54.16 21.61 66.95 24.18 11.43 57.54 4.41 70.23 33.22 53.07 20.30 58.04 82.60 22.54 26.18 11.62 Price 9/28/07 93.58 97.76 44.20 46.88 60.21 35.53 38.98 8.89 68.39 43.06 49.56 66.73 19.98 52.02 41.40 21.02 59.47 26.49 65.06 23.17 67.00 29.65 11.33 52.81 5.78 75.55 35.83 55.67 23.95 65.71 81.03 27.21 26.86 14.44 said Scott Fullman, director of investment strategy for I. A. Englander & Co. “I think that will be around for a while, and will govern trading for the new year. Stock selection and strategy will play a very important part in the success of anybody who is trading going into the new year. This is not a time where you throw a dart at the board.” PCI combined its Manufacturers’ and Suppliers’ indices at year’s end to initiate quarterly coverage of the paint and coatings market. The PCI Comprehensive Index followed the major markets south to end off 48.49 points, or 3.86 perNet Change -9.26 0.87 -2.95 -10.13 -12.78 -2.19 3.34 -1.09 -6.81 -3.64 -5.47 -5.64 0.75 2.53 -4.33 -1.67 2.10 -0.79 -10.90 -1.56 -0.05 -5.47 0.10 4.73 -1.37 -5.32 -2.61 -2.60 -3.65 -7.67 1.57 -4.67 -0.68 -2.82 Percent Change -9.90% 0.89% -6.67% -21.61% -21.23% -6.16% 8.57% -12.26% -9.96% -8.45% -11.04% -8.45% 3.75% 4.86% -10.46% -7.94% 3.53% -2.98% -16.75% -6.73% -0.07% -18.45% 0.88% 8.96% -23.70% -7.04% -7.28% -4.67% -15.24% -11.67% 1.94% -17.16% -2.53% -19.53% 52-Week High 97.00 99.40 48.84 48.02 71.04 49.87 44.77 12.33 74.25 47.96 53.90 72.44 26.03 59.00 42.15 22.48 62.29 28.40 69.95 34.72 72.26 30.98 14.50 63.73 6.74 82.42 40.00 62.68 25.74 73.96 87.34 29.58 32.80 16.42 52-Week Low 72.90 68.58 32.92 29.29 50.23 30.44 24.50 8.00 53.55 38.89 45.08 57.54 17.37 35.64 33.90 17.49 43.14 18.39 48.76 20.89 55.99 19.94 9.13 36.22 4.29 64.01 24.12 47.05 17.25 56.75 63.89 21.64 16.11 10.90 Shares Outstanding 759930 222110 95830 24520 62890 65300 151220 241960 47800 944400 919370 81380 42310 75610 10570000 112760 842960 220450 68010 423800 20080 141660 48560 28930 41110 167030 73780 221570 118260 136910 2390000 100900 66920 29260 Market ($000) Capitalization 64077297.6 21906709.3 3952987.5 901110 2982872.7 2177102 6399630.4 1887288 2943524 37228248 40535023.3 4971504.2 877086.3 4124525.5 391829900 2181906 51901047.2 5665565 3683421.6 9158318 1344356 3425338.8 555040.8 1664632.2 181295.1 11730516.9 2450971.6 11758719.9 2400678 7946256.4 197414000 2274286 1751965.6 340001.2 Note: Lyondell Chemical was acquired by Basell on 12-20-07 and removed from the index. Source: Trade Trends, Inc., 509/327.1279 30 MARCH 2008 | W W W . P C I M A G . C O M http://WWW.PCIMAG.COM

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Viewpoint Industry News Calendar of Events Company News Mergers and Acquisitions Names in the News Marketplace Quarterly Stock Watch Reaching Strict VOC Requirements With Outstanding Durability for Industrial Maintenance and Marine Coatings A Unique Fungicide for Wood-Filled Plastic deSigns of the Times: Slacking Off! From Rocks to Nanos Shear-Free Dispersion Process Fluorinated Oxetane Oligomers as Versatile Intermediates for Polymer Modification The Effects of TPO Composition on Adhesion and Proposed Chemical Mechanism Supplier Showcase Color Management Materials Watch Products Classifieds Advertiser Index

Paint & Coatings Industry - March 2008

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