BASIS OF PRESENTATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all of the adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods reported. Such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. Our financial condition as of, and our operating results for the three month period ended, March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the financial condition and results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2013 or any other interim period. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation. These reclassifications did not impact the Company's operating income or consolidated net income (loss).

On January 28, 2013 we acquired substantially all of the assets and liabilities of PPG Industries, Inc.'s ("PPG") business relating to the production of chlorine, caustic soda and related chemicals (the "Merged Business") through a merger between a subsidiary of PPG and a subsidiary of the Company (the "Merger") we also completed a series of related financings (collectively, the "Transactions"). The purchase price for the Merged Business was approximately $2.7 billion and consisted of: (i) the issuance of approximately 35.2 million shares of our common stock valued at approximately $1.8 billion; (ii) the assumption of $967.0 million of debt; and (iii) the assumption of certain other liabilities including pension and other postretirement obligations. See Note 2 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Through the Merger, we acquired, as part of the Merged Business, the remaining 50 percent interest that we did not previously own of PHH Monomers LLC, a joint venture between us and PPG ("PHH"). Prior to the Merger, we owned 50 percent of PHH and accounted for our ownership interest as an equity method investment. We recognized a gain of $23.5 million as a result of remeasuring the equity interest we held in PHH before the Merger. The fair value of our prior equity interest in PHH before the Merger was $25.2 million. PHH is a manufacturing joint venture that consists of plant and equipment and the fair value was estimated based on the replacement cost of similar condition assets.

Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 810-10, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, provides guidance on accounting for the financial presentation of noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries. Beginning in the first quarter of 2013, we incorporated the noncontrolling interests in our majority-owned subsidiaries in our financial statement presentation including our interest in the Taiwan Chlorine Industries, Ltd. ("TCI") joint venture that we acquired in the Transactions. Such presentation requires us to report our noncontrolling interests in our majority-owned subsidiaries as a separate line item in the equity section of our condensed consolidated balance Sheets. In addition, our condensed consolidated Statements of operations, condensed consolidated Statements of comprehensive income (loss) and condensed consolidated Statements of cash flows reflect the prescribed manner in which the net income of the subsidiary is presented on the controlling company's consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, "attributable to Axiall" refers to our operating results exclusive of any noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries including the interest of our minority partner in TCI.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes to audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the "2012 Annual Report"). There has been no material change in the significant accounting policies followed by us during the three month period ended March 31, 2013 from those disclosed in the 2012 Annual Report. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to "Axiall," the "Company," "we," "our" or "us," means Axiall Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.