ATLANTA, Nov. 21, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BXC), a leading distributor of building products in North America, announced that James R. Storey has joined the company as vice president of investor relations.
Mr. Storey brings extensive investor relations experience to this new position, where he will have the primary responsibility for directing the company's communications with the investment community and other key constituents who influence investment decisions. For the past 13 years, Mr. Storey has provided investor relations and strategic communications counsel, planning and execution for public company clients in the Southeast, most recently as head of the investor relations and financial communications practice for the Atlanta office of Manning, Selvage & Lee, an international public relations firm.
Prior to that, he spent 15 years as a financial journalist, the most recent 10 with Dow Jones & Co. in New York. His experience there included reporting on the stock market for Dow Jones News Service, serving as the news editor for Dow Jones Professional Investor Report, which tracked unusual trading activity in individual stocks, and writing the Abreast of the Market column for The Wall Street Journal Europe.
Mr. Storey holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College. He is an active member in the National Investor Relations Institute, where he serves on NIRI's Senior Roundtable and is a past president of NIRI's Atlanta chapter.
About BlueLinx Holdings Inc.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, BlueLinx Holdings Inc., operating through its wholly owned subsidiary BlueLinx Corporation, is a leading distributor of building products in North America. Employing more than 3,600 people in North America, BlueLinx offers 10,000 products from over 750 suppliers to service more than 11,700 customers nationwide, including dealers, industrial manufacturers, manufactured housing producers and home improvement retailers. The Company operates its distribution business from sales centers in Atlanta and Denver, and its network of more than 65 warehouses. Additional information about BlueLinx can be found on its web site at www.BlueLinxCo.com
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