Every material Form 8-K Applied Industrial Technologies filed with the SEC in 2024, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Applied Industrial Technologies agreed on November 21, 2024 to acquire all membership interests of Hydradyne, LLC, a Dallas-based fluid power distributor, from LOR, Inc. for $272 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments and funded with cash on hand. Applied expects the acquisition to contribute about $260 million in sales and $30 million in EBITDA before anticipated synergies and to be accretive to EPS within the first 12 months of ownership, and it expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter of 2024 subject to regulatory and other conditions.
Purchase price is $272 million, paid in cash on hand, subject to post-closing adjustments for cash, indebtedness, transaction expenses and working capital
Applied expects Hydradyne to add about $260 million in sales and $30 million in EBITDA before synergies, and to be accretive to EPS within 12 months
Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024, subject to HSR antitrust waiting period expiration; either party may terminate if not closed by March 21, 2025
Hydradyne has nearly 500 associates across 33 Southeastern U.S. locations and will become part of the Engineered Solutions segment
Applied Industrial Technologies said Richard M. Wagner, its Chief Accounting Officer & Controller since August 2024, will take over as principal accounting officer, succeeding David K. Wells, who remains principal financial officer. The change concerns internal reporting roles and does not alter the company's financial results or outlook as stated in the filing.
Richard M. Wagner, age 56, becomes principal accounting officer effective after October 25, 2024.
David K. Wells, Vice President – Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, will continue as principal financial officer.
Wagner previously was Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at Dentsply Sirona, Inc. and Hillrom Holdings, Inc. before joining Applied.
The filing states no family relationships or reportable related transactions for Wagner.
Applied Industrial Technologies reported fiscal 2025 first-quarter net sales of $1.1 billion, up 0.3% year over year, and net income of $92.1 million, or $2.36 per share, down 1.0%. The company raised its fiscal 2025 EPS guidance to $9.25 to $10.00 from $9.20 to $9.95, mainly on updated interest and other income assumptions, while keeping its sales and EBITDA margin guidance unchanged.
Net sales rose 0.3% to $1.1 billion, but fell 3.0% on an organic daily basis
Net income of $92.1 million ($2.36 per share) and EBITDA of $129.0 million both declined from the prior year
Fiscal 2025 EPS guidance raised to $9.25 to $10.00; sales guidance of down 2.5% to up 2.5% maintained
Quarterly dividend of $0.37 per share declared, payable November 29, 2024 to holders of record on November 15, 2024
Applied Industrial Technologies reported fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter net income of $103.5 million, or $2.64 per diluted share, up 12.6% from a year earlier, on net sales of $1.2 billion that rose 0.2%. Organic daily sales fell 2.0%, and the company said sales through mid-August were trending down by a mid single-digit percent, while it guided fiscal 2025 EPS to $9.20 to $9.95, compared with full-year fiscal 2024 adjusted EPS of $9.75.
Q4 fiscal 2024 net income $103.5 million, or $2.64 per diluted share, up 12.6%; EBITDA $153.5 million, up 9.6%
Q4 net sales $1.2 billion, up 0.2%, but down 2.0% on an organic daily basis
Fiscal 2025 guidance: EPS $9.20 to $9.95 and total sales down 2.5% to up 2.5%
Acquisitions of Total Machine Solutions and Stanley Proctor expected to generate combined annual sales of approximately $17 million in the first year
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