IPO Profile

BlueLinx Holdings
4300 Wildwood Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30339
Tel: 770-953-7000
Web:
Ticker: BXC
Stock Exchange: New York Stock Exchange
Shares Issued: 0.00
Price Offered: $0.00
Amount Raised: $150,000,000.00

Underwriters:
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Morgan Stanley & Co.
CS First Boston
Lehman Brothers


Company Description:
We are the largest distributor of building products in the United States. We operate in all of the major metropolitan areas in the United States and distribute over 10,000 products to more than 11,700 customers through our network of 63 warehouses and third-party operated warehouses. We distribute products in two principal categories: structural products and specialty products. Structural products, which represented approximately 55% of our fiscal 2003 net sales, include plywood, oriented strand board, or OSB, lumber and other wood products primarily used for structural support, walls and flooring in residential construction projects. Specialty products, which represented approximately 45% of our fiscal 2003 net sales, include roofing, insulation, moulding, engineered wood products, vinyl products (used primarily in siding) and metal products. During the 12-month period ended July 3, 2004, our net sales were $5.2 billion, our pro forma EBITDA was $200 million and our pro forma net income was $95 million. During this period, we grew our net revenue by 39% and unit volume by 8.5%.