Apollo in Talks to Buy Aerospace-Parts Maker Arconic
Private-equity firm
Apollo
Global Management Inc. is in talks to acquire aerospace-parts maker
Arconic Corp.
ARNC 19.48%
, according to people familiar with the matter.
Apollo submitted a bid in February and has debt financing in place, the people said.
Arconic’s advisers have also reached out to other potential acquirers, the people said. There is no guarantee there will be a deal with any of them.
Arconic stock closed Monday at $22.13, giving the Pittsburgh company a market value of about $2.2 billion. It also has a hefty debt load of more than $1.5 billion. Should there be a deal, it would be expected to carry a significant premium, the people said.
Arconic, which makes parts for the aerospace, automotive, building and energy industries, has had a bumpy history.
After being separated in 2016 from the aluminum business that is now called
Alcoa,
the company faced a campaign from activist investor Elliott Investment Management LP, which resulted in the resignation of Arconic’s then-chief executive,
Klaus Kleinfeld,
and an overhaul of its board.
Arconic is now run by
Timothy Myers,
who took the CEO role in 2020.
The Wall Street Journal reported in 2018 that Apollo had expressed interest in a deal for Arconic. Apollo ultimately came close to an agreement to pay upward of $10 billion for the company, but the deal never happened. Arconic instead further divided into two independent, publicly traded businesses in 2020.
Arconic’s Engineered Products and Forgings businesses remained in the existing company, which was renamed
Howmet Aerospace Inc.
HWM -0.33%
Its Global Rolled Products group became part of a new company that is now known as Arconic Corp.
Arconic recently reported that its revenue for the fourth quarter totaled $1.9 billion, down 9% from the prior year as higher interest rates fanned anxiety about the economy. Its net loss widened to $273 million, or $2.70 per share, from $38 million, or 36 cents, a year earlier.
The deal would come at a muted time for private-equity buyouts. A tough financing market—coupled with a disconnect between buyers and sellers on price after equity values plummeted last year—has created roadblocks to deals.
Private-equity firms have turned more to private lenders, while some have opted to put more of their cash to work in new investments. Apollo, which has a large credit arm, has the ability to be creative in the structuring of its deals.
The firm, which has over $500 billion in assets under management, recently led the purchase of $900 million in convertible preferred stock of
Western Digital Corp.
, along with Elliott.
Write to Lauren Thomas at [email protected] and Laura Cooper at [email protected]
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Private-equity firm
Apollo
Global Management Inc. is in talks to acquire aerospace-parts maker
Arconic Corp.
ARNC 19.48%
, according to people familiar with the matter.
Apollo submitted a bid in February and has debt financing in place, the people said.
Arconic’s advisers have also reached out to other potential acquirers, the people said. There is no guarantee there will be a deal with any of them.
Arconic stock closed Monday at $22.13, giving the Pittsburgh company a market value of about $2.2 billion. It also has a hefty debt load of more than $1.5 billion. Should there be a deal, it would be expected to carry a significant premium, the people said.
Arconic, which makes parts for the aerospace, automotive, building and energy industries, has had a bumpy history.
After being separated in 2016 from the aluminum business that is now called
Alcoa,
the company faced a campaign from activist investor Elliott Investment Management LP, which resulted in the resignation of Arconic’s then-chief executive,
Klaus Kleinfeld,
and an overhaul of its board.
Arconic is now run by
Timothy Myers,
who took the CEO role in 2020.
The Wall Street Journal reported in 2018 that Apollo had expressed interest in a deal for Arconic. Apollo ultimately came close to an agreement to pay upward of $10 billion for the company, but the deal never happened. Arconic instead further divided into two independent, publicly traded businesses in 2020.
Arconic’s Engineered Products and Forgings businesses remained in the existing company, which was renamed
Howmet Aerospace Inc.
HWM -0.33%
Its Global Rolled Products group became part of a new company that is now known as Arconic Corp.
Arconic recently reported that its revenue for the fourth quarter totaled $1.9 billion, down 9% from the prior year as higher interest rates fanned anxiety about the economy. Its net loss widened to $273 million, or $2.70 per share, from $38 million, or 36 cents, a year earlier.
The deal would come at a muted time for private-equity buyouts. A tough financing market—coupled with a disconnect between buyers and sellers on price after equity values plummeted last year—has created roadblocks to deals.
Private-equity firms have turned more to private lenders, while some have opted to put more of their cash to work in new investments. Apollo, which has a large credit arm, has the ability to be creative in the structuring of its deals.
The firm, which has over $500 billion in assets under management, recently led the purchase of $900 million in convertible preferred stock of
Western Digital Corp.
, along with Elliott.
Write to Lauren Thomas at [email protected] and Laura Cooper at [email protected]
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