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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE American Standard Offers Dual Flush Toilets with Sleek Luxury Performance Styling

Elegant, Modern Studio Line Achieves WaterSense-Certification, Delivers 1,000 MaP Flushing Results

LAS VEGAS, HD EXPO (May 15, 2013) — Saving water while offering luxurious comfort and style is easier than ever with the Studio dual flush toilets from American Standard. These luxury performance (LXP) toilets offer users the choice between a standard 1.6 gallons per flush (gpf) for solids or a reduced 1.1 gpf for liquids, meeting WaterSense criteria for using 20 percent less water than standard models while offering superior flushing performance. The Studio models — elongated and round front, both in the comfortable 16 1/2-inch Right Height rim configuration — boast a clean, modern look with their concealed trapway styling. These Studio toilets coordinate beautifully with the elegant design lines of the Serin collection of bathroom The sleek, smooth American Standard faucets, simplifying hospitality specifying for a Studio dual flush toilet, with its concealed trapway and EverClean permanent finish, is complete, stylish bathroom suite. easy to keep clean while providing luxury styling for any bathroom. American Standard Offers Dual Flush Toilets with Sleek Luxury Performance Styling 2 - 2 - 2

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Using the innovative, siphonic-action PowerWash Rim technology from American Standard, these LXP toilets offer optimum performance that ensures both a powerful flush and superior bowl cleaning, every time. The Studio dual flush toilet has been independently rated to flush as much as 1,000 grams of solid waste, the highest possible score in the Maximum Performance (MaP) test, an independent report of toilet bulk removal performance. Maintaining the attractive looks of this dual flush toilet is a breeze with the permanent EverClean antimicrobial surface that inhibits the growth of stain and odor causing bacteria, mold and mildew on the surface. Moreover, with no hard-to-clean curves, the smooth-sided concealed-trapway design is not only beautiful, but easier to maintain. The Studio dual flush toilets include a top-mounting toilet seat and cover with easy lift-off feature for simple removal and reattachment for cleaning. Plus, their slow- close seat eliminates the loud slamming of standard toilet seats. The two-button chrome actuator on top of the tank allows the choice of the appropriate flush. For more information on the Studio luxury performance dual flush toilets or other American Standard products, visit www.americanstandard.com or call (800) 442-1902.

ABOUT AMERICAN STANDARD BRANDS

American Standard Brands is a leading North American manufacturer of a wide range of high- quality building products, including faucets, fixtures, furniture, vitreous china fixtures, cast iron sinks, whirlpool tubs and other wellness products for the bath and kitchen as well as decorative panels. The company currently offers total project solutions for residential and commercial customers; employs more than 5,000 people in the United States, Canada and Mexico; and markets products under well known and respected brands, such as American Standard®, Jado®, Porcher®, Safety Tubs®, Crane Plumbing®, Eljer®, Fiat® and Decorative Panels International®. American Standard Brands is an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners. The company is online at www.americanstandard.com, on Twitter at twitter.com/AmStandard and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AmericanStandardPlumbing.

American Standard®, Studio®, PowerWash® and EverClean® are registered trademarks of American Standard Brands.

WaterSense® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).