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Lawter International Inc

LAW · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to June 8, 1999 (26.5 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Lawter International Inc was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on May 28, 1993, the market valued it at $667 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $12.12, -8.4% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-121999-06
Peak market value$667 millionMay 28, 1993
Highest split-adjusted share price$13.23September 12, 1997
Last share price$12.12June 8, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-8.4%
Return over the days in our data+494.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-22.0%October 19, 1987

Share prices are adjusted for splits and other share changes, so the high and the last price compare like for like; the peak market value is as it was on the day. The return covers the trading days in our data only: it does not include what holders received, or lost, after the last trade (a merger payout, a bankruptcy), and it does not reach back before 1972.

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Also gone in 1999: Chemicals & Drugs