Precision Castparts – PCP – Accretive Acquisition of Timet – TIE
NYSE:PCP) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Titanium Metals Corporation (NYSE:TIE) for $16.50 per share in cash. The transaction values Titanium Metals Corporation (Timet) at a total enterprise value of approximately $2.9 billion, including net cash and equivalents.
“Timet will provide us with the titanium capability that has always been a key missing piece of our overall product portfolio,” said Mark Donegan, chairman and chief executive officer of Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC). ”As our 2006 acquisition of Special Metals did for us with nickel alloys, acquiring Timet will enable us to streamline our supply chain and better manage our input costs in our core operations. As we continue to grow in the aerostructure market, this supply linkage will present even more of an opportunity.
“The potential for value creation is vast – we expect to generate significant synergies by putting our two companies together and leveraging our respective strengths,” Donegan added. ”Timet’s melting expertise and PCC’s forging and conversion assets are a complementary strategic fit. We will attack our collective cost structure and leverage our combined conversion assets to further enhance our respective customer presences and to penetrate new markets.
“This transaction is truly a needle mover, a deal that offers PCC and our customers a wide range of opportunities going forward,” Donegan concluded. We’ve worked with Timet for many years and are quite familiar with their operations, so we expect integration to move ahead quickly once the merger is completed.”
About Precision Castparts Corp. – PCP
Precision Castparts Corp. (PCP) is a worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products. It serves the aerospace, power, and general industrial markets. PCP is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, PCP is the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. PCP also manufactures extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials to the casting and forging industries.
About Titanium Metals Corporation – TIE
Timet, the largest independent titanium manufacturer in the United States, offers a full range of titanium products, including ingot and slab, forging billet, and mill forms. Timet is vertically integrated, capable of making its own titanium sponge. In 2011, more than 75 percent of Timet’s sales were to aerospace and defense end markets, with PCC representing more than 15 percent of total sales. Timet operates seven primary melting or mill facilities in Henderson, Nevada; Toronto, Ohio; Morgantown, Pennsylvania; Vallejo, California; Witton, England; Waunarlwydd, Wales; and Ugine, France, and employs approximately 2,750 people.
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