"OK, would you believe... "

Disclaimer issued with a press statement by a major Australian-Multinational Company

"Company statements can contain forward-looking statements. Words such as 'believe', 'anticipate', 'plan', 'expect', 'intend', 'target', 'estimate' 'project', 'predict', 'forecast', 'guideline', 'should', 'aim' and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.

"Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors could actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements.

"These factors, which are further discussed in our reports submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 20-F and 6-K and in our other filings, include but are not limited to: competition and product pricing in the markets in which we operate; general economic and market conditions; compliance with, and possible changes in, environmental and health and safety laws; dependence on cyclical construction markets; the supply and cost of raw materials; our reliance on a small number of product distributors; the consequences of product failures or defects; exposure to environmental or other legal proceedings; and risks of conducting business internationally.

"We caution you that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive and that other risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made."

As Maxwell Smart used to say "OK, would you believe... "