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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Leggett & Platt (LEG)

Leggett & Platt closes Aerospace sale; cuts 2025 adjusted EPS guidance

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 m&a Written later

Leggett & Platt completed the sale of its Aerospace Products Group to funds advised by Tinicum Incorporated on August 29, 2025, receiving an estimated $285.8 million in cash at closing, subject to post-closing adjustments. The company also revised its full-year 2025 guidance: sales and adjusted EPS ranges were lowered, while reported EPS ranges were raised because of a $0.60 per share gain on the sale.

Key points

  • Estimated purchase price of $285.8 million paid in cash at closing, subject to customary post-closing adjustments
  • Company expects after-tax proceeds of approximately $250 million, to be used primarily to pay down debt
  • 2025 sales guidance revised to $3.9 billion to $4.2 billion from $4.0 billion to $4.3 billion, excluding the Aerospace Products Group
  • 2025 adjusted EPS guidance revised to $0.95 to $1.15 from $1.00 to $1.20; reported EPS guidance raised to $1.43 to $1.72 from $0.88 to $1.17

The filing

CompanyLeggett & Platt (LEG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 29, 2025, 9:09 AM ET
Accession number0000058492-25-000494

Items reported: 2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 2:07 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 29, 2025.

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