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

Leggett & Platt agrees to sell Aerospace Products Group to Tinicum for $285 million

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 m&a Written later

Leggett & Platt signed a Share Purchase Agreement to sell its Aerospace Products Group to investment partnerships advised by Tinicum Incorporated for a cash purchase price of $285 million, subject to customary adjustments. The company expects after-tax cash proceeds of approximately $240 million and a closing in 2025, subject to conditions and regulatory approvals, and the divestiture is part of its ongoing strategic business review.

Key points

  • Cash purchase price of $285 million, before customary working capital and debt-type adjustments
  • The business had net trade sales of $190 million in 2024 and about 700 employees across seven facilities in the U.S., UK, and France
  • Expected after-tax cash proceeds of approximately $240 million; closing expected in 2025
  • Purchaser must pay a $14.25 million termination fee in certain circumstances; outside date is October 2, 2025, extendable to December 2, 2025

The filing

CompanyLeggett & Platt (LEG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 2, 2025, 7:50 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-070909

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:07 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits 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 April 02, 2025.

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