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The transaction calls for Brand to be merged into a wholly owned subsidiary of Rust. In the merger, Brand stockholders will have the option to receive shares in Rust on a one- for-one basis for each Brand share or $18.75 per share in cash. Also in the quarter, Wheelabrator Technologies completed the acquisition of four environmental businesses from JWP Inc. The businesses are two air pollution control subsidiaries, JWP Air Technologies and JWP Amcec Corporation, and two sludge pelletization projects under development in New York City and Baltimore. Wheelabrator also began construction in the quarter on a $92-million cogeneration facility in Polk County, Florida designed to convert 350,000 tons of waste wood and 25,000 tons of fires each year into electrical energy. The Wheelabrator Board of Directors elected John M. Kehoe, Jr. President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Kehoe, who has served as President of Wheelabrator Environmental Systems Inc. and has more than 18 years of experience with the Company, succeeds Rodney Gilbert who became President and Chief Operating Officer of Rust International. In the quarter, Waste Management International announced plans to acquire 75 percent of Environnement Service SA, a firm engaged in solid waste collection and disposal and industrial cleaning throughout the greater Paris area. Shortly after the end of the year, Waste Management International also announced that its Wessex Waste Management Ltd joint venture with Wessex Water plc had acquired Waste Management Ltd., which was the solid waste services business of NFC plc and was previously unrelated to Waste Management, Inc. or Waste Management International plc. Waste Management Ltd. is a major solid waste services provider in Britain. Waste Management International also announced that it will acquire an additional shareholding of approximately five percent of the ordinary share capital of Wesssex Water for approximately $97,000,000 bringing Waste Management's total equity interest to approximately 20 percent. On January 18, 1992, Waste Management's Board of Directors approved a proposal to change the Company's name to WMX Technologies, Inc., reflecting the significant expansion of services available to its customers that go beyond its original waste services focus. At the same time, the Company said it intends to retain the name Waste Management, Inc. for use by its North American solid waste operations. The proposal is subject to stockholder approval at the Company's May 14, 1993 annual meeting. Waste Management, Inc., based in Oak Brook, Ill., is the leading international environmental services company. Operating through subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the United States, Canada and 20 countries overseas, it provides comprehensive solid and hazardous waste services, energy recovery and environmental technologies and engineering resources. 3