Stepan Announces Agreement to Sell Lake Providence, LA Assets
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Stepan (NYSE:SCL) announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its manufacturing assets in Lake Providence, LA to an undisclosed buyer.
The company said the transaction is part of ongoing footprint optimization and a focus on core growth after a recent Philippines plant divestiture. The parties are targeting to close before year-end, subject to customary closing conditions and completion of ongoing due diligence. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
Positive
- Agreement to sell Lake Providence assets; target close before year-end
- Continues footprint optimization after Philippines plant divestiture
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- Transaction terms undisclosed; financial impact to shareholders unknown
- Closing conditional on customary conditions and ongoing due diligence
Insights
Sale of the Lake Providence manufacturing assets is a strategic divestiture that trims manufacturing footprint while preserving cash and operational focus.
Stepan Company has entered an agreement to sell its Lake Providence, LA manufacturing assets to an undisclosed buyer, continuing its recent plant divestiture activity and stated footprint optimization efforts. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and ongoing due diligence, with the parties targeting close before year-end. No financial terms were disclosed.
The business effect is straightforward: the company reduces its owned manufacturing footprint and transfers associated operational responsibilities and costs to a buyer. Impact depends on the assets sold, any liabilities conveyed, and whether production capacity shifts to other Stepan sites; those specifics are not disclosed here. Completion risk rests on satisfying normal closing conditions and due diligence.
Watch for the announced closing (targeted before year-end) and any subsequent disclosures that specify proceeds, liabilities retained or assumed, and operational transition plans. Those items will determine cash impact, near-term cost savings, and potential one-time charges; until disclosed, the item reads as neutral to the company’s financial position.
This transaction follows Stepan's most recent divestiture of its plant in
The transaction is subject to normal closing conditions. The parties are targeting to close the transaction before year end, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including completion of ongoing due diligence. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Corporate Profile
Stepan Company is a major manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals used in a broad range of industries. Stepan is a leading merchant producer of surfactants, which are the key ingredients in consumer and industrial cleaning and disinfection compounds and in agricultural and oilfield solutions. The Company is also a leading supplier of polyurethane polyols used in the expanding thermal insulation market, and CASE (Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, and Elastomers) industries.
Headquartered in
The Company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol SCL. For more information about Stepan Company please visit the Company online at www.stepan.com
More information about Stepan's sustainability program can be found on the Sustainability page at www.stepan.com
Certain information in this news release consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include statements about Stepan Company's plans, objectives, strategies, financial performance and outlook, trends, the amount and timing of future cash distributions, prospects or future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, Stepan Company's actual financial results, performance, achievements or prospects may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may," "could," "expect," "intend," "plan," "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "guidance," "predict," "potential," "continue," "likely," "will," "would," "should," "illustrative" and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Stepan Company and its management based on their knowledge and understanding of the business and industry, are inherently uncertain. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and stockholders should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
There are a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors, many of which are beyond Stepan Company's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this news release. Such risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, among other factors, the risks, uncertainties and factors described in Stepan Company's Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K reports and exhibits to those reports, and include (but are not limited to) risks and uncertainties related to accidents, unplanned production shutdowns or disruptions in manufacturing facilities; reduced demand due to customer product reformulations or new technologies; our inability to successfully develop or introduce new products; compliance with laws; our ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates and successfully complete and integrate acquisitions; global competition; volatility of raw material and energy costs and supply; disruptions in transportation or significant changes in transportation costs; downturns in certain industries and general economic downturns; international business risks, including currency exchange rate fluctuations, legal restrictions and taxes; unfavorable resolution of litigation against us; maintaining and protecting intellectual property rights; our ability to access capital markets; global political, military, security or other instability; costs related to expansion or other capital projects; interruption or breaches of information technology systems; our ability to retain executive management and key personnel; and our debt covenants.
These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and Stepan Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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