Mueller Industries Says Repurchasing 10.422M Shares of Stock Owned by Leucadia National for $41

Mueller Industries, Inc. MLI announced today that it has entered into an agreement to repurchase 10,422,859 shares of Mueller common stock owned by Leucadia National Corporation (and its subsidiaries) LUK at a negotiated price per share of $41.00, for an aggregate purchase price of $427,337,219.  The shares to be purchased in the repurchase transaction equate to approximately 27.2% of Mueller's common shares currently outstanding and constitute Leucadia's entire ownership stake in Mueller.  Ian M. Cumming and Joseph S. Steinberg, Leucadia's designees to the Company's Board of Directors, will resign from the Board upon the closing of the repurchase, which is expected to occur on or before September 26, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions.  The repurchase was approved by the Board following the recommendation of the directors not affiliated with Leucadia and will be funded using a combination of the Company's available cash on hand and borrowings under the Company's existing line of credit.