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Red Mountain, a Los Angeles investment firm headed by former partneWillem Mesdag, owns nearly 7 percent (4.3 of ABX's common shares. Undee the so-called "standstill announced Friday, Red Mountaim has agreed to maintain the confidentialit of the information ABX providew and to refrain from acquiring morethan 14.9 percent of air cargoo company's stock. The pact expires at the end of 2008 unlesse terminated earlier byeither party. Joe Hete, president and CEO of ABX, said in a statemeny that Red Mountain "has long expresseed interest in advising us about strategic direction, capital structure and corporatre governance matters. ...
This agreemen provides a means for them to do so on a fullhyinformed basis. We look forwar d to wide-ranging and open Red Mountain initially discloseda 6.3 percenyt stake (3.7 million shares) in ABX in November having bought more than a million shares in the priofr 60 days for between $5.47 and $6.12 Last fall, following ABX's rejectio of an offer to explorde a possible merger with , Red Mountaih wrote to ABX and voiced its supportf for merger negotiations, which it said migh t produce superior value comparex to ABX's "stand-alone strategy." ASTAR had said in June 2007 that it was interestedd in acquiring ABX for $7.75 a share, and the stock had fallenj to about $7.
10 by the time of Red Mountain'sd letter in late September. ABX stock (NASDAQ: ABXA) was trading for about $3.46 Fridayg afternoon, up 3 cents. It has tradedc for as low as $2.88 in recent weeks. The agreemenr notes that U.S. laws impose restrictions on buyint and selling securities by person s who havereceived material, non-public information from the issuer.