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Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C., 20549
 
Form 8-K
 
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date Of Report (Date Of Earliest Event Reported):  01/18/2005
 
OCTEL CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Commission File Number:  1-13879
 
Delaware
  
98-0181725
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
  
Identification No.)
 
Global House, Bailey Lane, Manchester, M90 4AA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
 
011 44 161 498 8889
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Items to be Included in this Report

 
Item 8.01.    Other Events
 
Following the entering into of an agreement on December 21, 2004 Octel Corp. closed the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Finetex, Inc. on 13 January 2005.
 
 
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(c) Exhibits
 

 

Signature(s)
 
Pursuant to the Requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the Undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
      
 
OCTEL CORP.
 
 
Date: January 18, 2005.
     
By:
 
/s/    Paul W. Jennings
               
Paul W. Jennings
               
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 

 

Exhibit Index
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
EX-99.1
  
Press release

Contact:

Octel Corp. Investor Relations Citigate Financial Intelligence

Heather Ashworth Kelly Tapkas/Victoria Hofstad

+44-161-498-8889 +1-201-499-3500

 

 

Octel Corp. completes acquisition of Finetex

 

NEWARK, DELAWARE, January 14, 2005 - Octel Corp. (NYSE: OTL) today confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Finetex for a purchase price of US$ 20 million.

With manufacturing sites in New Jersey and North Carolina, Finetex supplies specialty surfactants and emollients to the personal care, cosmetics and other industrial markets globally. The business has an annual turnover of approximately US$ 19 million.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Octel Corp., a Delaware corporation, is a global chemical company specializing in high performance fuel additives and special and effect chemicals. The company's strategy is to manage profitably and responsibly the decline in world demand for its major product -- tetraethyl lead (TEL) in gasoline -- through competitive differentiation and stringent product stewardship, to expand its Petroleum Specialties and Performance Chemicals businesses organically through product innovation and focus on customer needs, and to seek synergistic growth opportunities through joint venture, alliances, collaborative arrangements and acquisitions.