Sale includes core and supporting manufacturing facilities,
supporting service facilities
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 3, 2017--
Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS), a leading provider of flow control
products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today
announced it has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement
to sell its Gestra AG business unit to Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc
(LON: SPX), a leading provider of steam system solutions, for an
Enterprise Value of €186 million. In addition to the product’s core
manufacturing facilities in Bremen, Germany, the sale also includes
several other smaller associated businesses supporting Gestra products.
The sale is part of an ongoing effort by Flowserve to better align and
optimize its product portfolio and manufacturing footprint, focusing on
core business objectives that will allow the company to be more
competitive when key industry markets return.
"Our decision to divest the Gestra AG product line is consistent with
our ongoing efforts to drive long-term shareholder value," said John
Lenander, President, Flowserve Flow Control Division. "While Gestra has
been a solid business unit for Flowserve, we believe it is highly
complementary to a company like Spirax that has the intent to expand the
customer base, invest in the organic business and fully utilize the
infrastructure already in place. We are pleased to see our Gestra team
members integrated into an industry-leading, steam-focused business like
Spirax."
Flowserve obtained Gestra AG in 2002 as part of the acquisition of
Invensys Flow Control. In 2016, the Gestra business recorded revenues of
approximately €92.5 million with earnings before interest and taxes of
€15.2 million, and its gross assets at year end 2016 were approximately
€67 million. The transaction is expected to be completed during the
second quarter of 2017, subject to certain customary conditions,
including regulatory approval of the transaction by the German
authorities.
About Flowserve: Flowserve Corp. is one of the world’s leading
providers of fluid motion and control products and services. Operating
in more than 55 countries, the company produces engineered and
industrial pumps, seals and valves as well as a range of related flow
management services. More information about Flowserve can be obtained by
visiting the company’s Web site at www.flowserve.com.
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our reported backlog; our dependence on our customers’ ability to make
required capital investment and maintenance expenditures; risks
associated with cost overruns on fixed-fee projects and in taking
customer orders for large complex custom engineered products; the
substantial dependence of our sales on the success of the oil and gas,
chemical, power generation and water management industries; the adverse
impact of volatile raw materials prices on our products and operating
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benefits from our strategic manufacturing optimization and realignment
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international operations, including military actions or trade embargoes
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and global oil and gas producers, and non-compliance with U.S.
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sanctions and import laws and regulations; increased aging and slower
collection of receivables, particularly in Latin America and other
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exchange rates, including in hyperinflationary countries such as
Venezuela; our furnishing of products and services to nuclear power
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litigation involving asbestos-containing material claims; a foreign
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manage cybersecurity risk, including the risk of potential business
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and its impact on our utilization of deferred tax assets, including
foreign tax credits; the potential adverse impact of an impairment in
the carrying value of goodwill or other intangible assets; our
dependence upon third-party suppliers whose failure to perform timely
could adversely affect our business operations; the highly competitive
nature of the markets in which we operate; environmental compliance
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as in foreign countries; obligations under our defined benefit pension
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