ASD Amer Standard CO

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) will hold its third-quarter 2007 earnings conference call at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 18. Fred Poses, chairman and CEO, and Peter D'Aloia, senior vice president and CFO, will review the company's financial performance as well as progress on its business separation plan. The call will be webcast on American Standard Companies' Web site at http://www.americanstandard.com/. The earnings release and additional financial and statistical information will be posted to the site under the heading "American Standard's Third-Quarter Results." The call is also accessible by telephone. The dial-in number is 913-312-1300. Listeners are advised to call five-to-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. The number of telephone connections is limited. A replay of the call will be available from 1:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 18, until 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 25. The replay dial-in number is 719-457-0820. The passcode is 3839540. On Feb. 1, American Standard Companies announced plans to separate its three businesses. Since then, the company completed the spinoff of its vehicle control systems business as an independent company known as WABCO (NYSE:WBC). The company also agreed to sell its bath and kitchen business to funds advised by Bain Capital Partners, LLC, and expects to complete the sale in the fourth quarter. To reflect its focus on the air conditioning systems and services business, the company plans to change its name to Trane. In 2006, air conditioning systems and services, sold under the Trane(R) and American Standard(R) brands, generated revenues of $6.8 billion with 29,000 employees. Additional information is available at http://www.americanstandard.com/. DATASOURCE: American Standard Companies Inc. CONTACT: Skip Colcord, +1-732-980-3065, , or Shelly London, +1-732-980-6175, , or investors and financial analysts, Bruce Fisher, +1-732-980-6095, , all of American Standard Companies Inc. Web site: http://www.americanstandard.com/

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