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Walbro Corporation Announces Offering of $100 Million of Ten Year Notes

12 December 1997

Walbro Corporation Announces Offering of $100 Million of Ten Year Notes

    CASS CITY, Mich., Dec. 12 -- Walbro Corporation
announced today an offering of $100 million in principal amount
of ten year Senior Notes with a 10 1/8% coupon.  The Senior Notes are being
sold at par value.  The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale
of the Senior Notes to repay bank debt.  The Senior Notes are being offered
under Rule 144A.  The offering is being managed by an investment bank.
    No registration statement relating to the Senior Notes has been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and, unless so registered, the Senior
Notes may not be offered or sold within the United States to, or for the
account or benefit of, a U.S. person, except pursuant to an exemption from, or
in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state securities laws.
    Walbro Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of precision fuel
systems and products for automotive and small engine markets.  Walbro
Corporation is headquartered in Cass City, Michigan, and has subsidiaries and
joint ventures throughout the world, including North and South America,
Europe, and Asia.  Walbro common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market
under the symbol WALB.

SOURCE  Walbro Corporation