OMNOVA Solutions to Webcast Conference Call to Discuss Proposed Acquisition of Eliokem International

FAIRLAWN, Ohio, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OMNOVA Solutions (NYSE: OMN) will hold a conference call to discuss the Company's announcement on September 22, 2010, that it has entered into an agreement with AXA Private Equity granting OMNOVA a period of exclusivity to acquire specialty chemicals manufacturer Eliokem International.

The call will be held on Thursday, September 23, 2010, at 11:00am ET, and hosted by OMNOVA Solutions Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kevin McMullen, OMNOVA Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mike Hicks and OMNOVA Performance Chemicals President Jim Hohman .  

The call will be webcast and may be accessed from the Company's website, www.omnova.com.  Presentation slides will also be available on the website at the time of the call.  OMNOVA will archive the call on its website until noon ET, October 14, 2010.  Or, to listen to a digitized telephone replay (1:00pm ET, September 23 until 11:59pm ET, October 14, 2010), callers should dial:

(USA) 800-475-6701, Access Code 172338

(Int'l) 320-365-3844, Access Code 172338

OMNOVA Solutions Inc. is a technology-based company with last twelve months sales through May 2010 of $785 million and a workforce of approximately 2,300 employees worldwide.  OMNOVA is an innovator of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and decorative and functional surfaces for a variety of commercial, industrial and residential end uses.  Visit OMNOVA Solutions on the internet at www.omnova.com.

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