EXHIBIT 99.1
Foster Wheeler Schedules 2005 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
HAMILTON, Bermuda—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 31, 2005—Foster Wheeler Ltd. (OTCBB: FWHLF) today announced that it expects to hold its 2005 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) at the company’s offices located at Perryville Corporate Park, Clinton, New Jersey. Any shareholder proposals, including any regarding the nomination of persons for election to the board of directors, should be submitted in writing to the attention of the Corporate Secretary, Foster Wheeler Ltd., Perryville Corporate Park, Clinton, New Jersey 08809-4000 no later than March 7, 2005.
A Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement will be mailed to the company’s shareholders prior to the meeting.
Notes to Editors:
1. Foster Wheeler Ltd. is a global company offering, through its subsidiaries, a broad range of design, engineering, construction, manufacturing, project development and management, research and plant operation services. Foster Wheeler serves the refining, upstream oil and gas, LNG and gas-to-liquids, petrochemical, chemicals, power, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare industries. The corporation is based in Hamilton, Bermuda, and its operational headquarters are in Clinton, New Jersey, USA. For more information about Foster Wheeler, visit our Web site at www.fwc.com.
2. Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on management’s assumptions, expectations and projections about the company and the various industries within which the company operates. These include statements regarding our expectations regarding revenues (including as expressed by our backlog), liquidity, the outcome of litigation and legal proceedings and recoveries from customers for claims and the costs of current and future asbestos claims and the amount and timing of related insurance recoveries. Such forward-looking statements by their nature involve a degree of risk and uncertainty. The company cautions that a variety of factors, including but not limited to the factors described under the heading “Business—Risk Factors of the Business” in the company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K/A and the following, could cause the company’s business conditions and results to differ materially from what is contained in forward-looking statements: changes in the rate of economic growth in the United States and other major international economies, changes in investment by the power, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, chemical/petrochemical and environmental industries, changes in the financial condition of our customers, changes in regulatory environment, changes in project design or schedules, contract cancellations, changes in estimates made by the company of costs to complete projects, changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies worldwide, currency fluctuations, war and/or terrorist attacks on facilities either owned or where equipment or services are or may be provided, outcomes of pending and future litigation, including litigation regarding our liability for damages and insurance coverage for asbestos exposure, protection and validity of patents and other intellectual property rights, increasing competition by foreign and domestic companies, changes in financial markets, compliance with debt covenants, monetization of certain power systems facilities, implementation of our restructuring plan, recoverability of claims against customers and others, changes in estimates used in critical accounting policies. Other factors and assumptions not identified above were also involved in the formation of these forward-looking statements and the failure of such other assumptions to be realized, as well as other factors, may also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Most of these factors are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond our control. You should consider the areas of risk described above in connection with any forward-looking statements that may be made by us.
CONTACT: Foster Wheeler
Media Contacts:
Maureen Bingert, 908-730-4444
John Doyle, 908-730-4270
Other Inquiries: 908-730-4000
SOURCE: Foster Wheeler
