23 Oct Wheeling-Pitt, Esmark Revise Merger Agreement
October 23, 2007, Associated Press, By TIM HUBER CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The parent company of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel announced Tuesday it has changed the time frame for shareholders to choose how they want to be compensated in the impending merger with Illinois-based Esmark Inc. The changes were made to satisfy the Securities and Exchange Commission, Wheeling-Pitt Chief Executive James Bouchard said. Without the changes, the SEC might have required the company to treat the deal as an offer to purchase Wheeling-Pitt shares, rather than a merger. That would have required Wheeling-Pitt to file a different SEC form, in essence starting the process...