Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) announced today that it has signed an
agreement to sell the shares of its Induflex subsidiary (ILD) located in
Ghent, Belgium to BV Capital Partners.
Under the terms of the agreement, Rogers received approximately 10.7
million euros (US$13.6 million at today’s spot
price), which represents the purchase price of approximately 8.9 million
euros plus other amounts due under the agreement. In addition to this
purchase price, there is an opportunity for Rogers to receive additional
earnout amounts over the next three years based on the future
performance of the divested business.
The closing was completed at the time of the signing and therefore the
sale is effective immediately. The new owners plan to continue operating
the business from the Ghent, Belgium site.
Rogers President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert D. Wachob said, "The
sale of this business reflects our continuing strategy to look for
opportunities to divest non-core businesses while we work to grow our
strategic businesses through either greenfield startups or acquisitions.”
Wachob further stated: "With this divestiture,
we now expect our fourth quarter sales to be $88 to $92 million with
earnings per diluted share of $0.50 to $0.56.”
Joel Ludvigsen, the new Chief Executive Officer of Induflex said, "We
are very pleased with this acquisition. Induflex is the global leader in
its niche markets. We have the utmost confidence in the Induflex team to
continue to deliver products with the highest quality, flexibility and
reliability to our customers around the globe.”
BV Capital Partners (www.bvcapitalpartners.com)
is an investment holding firm investing in small and medium sized
enterprises in the Benelux. BV Capital Partners’
strategy is to invest in "leading companies in
niche markets”.
Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG), headquartered in Rogers, CT, is a global
technology leader in the development and manufacture of high
performance, specialty-material-based products for a variety of
applications in diverse markets including: portable communications,
communications infrastructure, computer and office equipment, consumer
products, ground transportation, aerospace and defense. Rogers operates
manufacturing facilities in the United States (Arizona, Connecticut and
Illinois), Europe (Ghent, Belgium) and Asia (Suzhou, China). In Asia,
the Company maintains sales offices in Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and
Singapore. Rogers has joint ventures in Japan and China with INOAC
Corporation, in Taiwan with Chang Chun Plastics Co., Ltd. and in the
U.S. with Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
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