We serve highly diversified growing end-markets such as residential and non-residential construction, energy, automotive and agriculture. We enable carbon sequestration within the building products value chain and increase the efficiency in the lumber industry to allow the use of 97% of the tree with our products. We are a leading global producer of adhesives and performance materials that enable the production of engineered wood products, one of the world’s most sustainable building products and other growing specialty materials. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information.” The discussion below is a summary of our business after giving effect to the Separation and Distribution, and where noted, the financial information provided below gives pro forma effect to the Separation and Distribution and the other Transactions described herein. We refer to this distribution of Epoxy shares as the “Distribution” and to the separation of the Epoxy Business as the “Separation.” See “The Separation and Distribution.” Investors who purchase shares of our common stock in this offering will not be entitled to participate in the distribution of Epoxy shares as a result of such purchase and will not receive any interest in the Epoxy Business. (“Epoxy”), which will hold our epoxy product lines. Prior to the consummation of this offering of common stock, we will distribute to our existing stockholders and warrant holders all of the shares of common stock of our subsidiary Hexion Coatings and Composites (US) Inc. Our estimates, in particular as they relate to market share and our general expectations, involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements.” If we were unable to obtain relevant periodic industry publications, we based our estimates on our knowledge of the size of our markets, our sales in each of these markets and publicly available information regarding our competitors, as well as internal estimates of competitors’ sales based on discussion with our sales force and other industry participants. We determined our market share and market positions utilizing periodic industry publications. Unless otherwise noted, statements as to our market share and market position relative to our competitors are approximated and based on management estimates using the above-mentioned latest available third-party data and our internal analysis and estimates. We are responsible for all industry and market data included in this prospectus. This prospectus includes market share and industry data that we prepared primarily based on management’s knowledge of the industry and industry data. This prospectus includes industry data that we obtained from periodic industry publications and internal company surveys.
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