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| | Brunswick Corporation Investor Relations |
 | | LAKE FOREST, Ill., Mar 8, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Crestliner, Lowe and Lund aluminum boat brands from Genmar Industries, Inc., for approximately $191 million in cash. |
 | | "These brands are an ideal complement to Brunswick's line of fiberglass runabouts, cruisers and yachts, as well as our line of aluminum boats in the Princecraft brand," said Brunswick Chairman and Chief Executive Officer George W. |
 | | How much of that we would realize in 2004, however, will depend on precisely when the acquisition is closed." Subject to governmental approval and other customary closing conditions, the company said it expects to complete the transaction by the beginning of the second quarter. |
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