Boise files for initial public offering.(Boise Cascade Co.)(Brief Article)

Official Board Markets, February, 2005

Boise Cascade Holdings, LLC, last week filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Boise intends to apply to have its shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BCC.

The initial public offering is expected to take place later this year. Goldman, Sachs & Co., JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, and Deutsche Bank Securities are acting as joint book-running managers of the potential offering. Boise's Paper Solutions Division has five corrugated container plants in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.