January 2016 Vol. 71 No. 1
Business
Aegion Agrees to Acquire Underground Solutions, Inc.
Aegion has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Underground Solutions, Inc. for $85 million in cash and expects to close the transaction during the first quarter of 2016. The Company will separately pay for the discounted value of tax benefits (estimated today to be approximately $5 million) associated with Underground Solutions’ net operating loss carry forwards at closing. Aegion will fund a substantial portion of the purchase price with existing cash and the remainder from borrowings against the Company’s line of credit. Aegion expects the transaction to be accretive to 2016 GAAP earnings per share with revenues of approximately $50 million and operating margins in excess of 10 percent. Several key members of Underground Solutions’ senior management, who average more than 20 years of industry experience, will join Aegion to form an expanded team dedicated to trenchless rehabilitation of existing pressure pipelines.
Underground Solutions’ patented fusible polyvinyl chloride (“PVC”) products focus on the rehabilitation of pressure pipelines, primarily in North America. Underground Solutions uniquely complements Infrastructure Solutions’ existing pressure pipe rehabilitation technologies InsituMain®, InsituGuard® and Tyfo®/Fibrwrap® and increases Aegion’s presence in the pressure pipe market to nearly $90 million in annual revenues.
In a separate action to continue the recent momentum in the Fyfe business, the Company signed a definitive agreement with Fyfe Group, LLC to acquire the legal rights to products, contract installation, intellectual property and licensing agreements in key international markets not previously purchased by Aegion for approximately $3 million. The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2016 and will allow the Company to expand third party product sales across 72 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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