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Alcoa Agrees to Acquire Ivex Packaging Corporation; Move Broadens Alcoa's Position in the Food Service and Consumer Packaging Industry
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002--Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA)
announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire
Chicago-based Ivex Packaging Corporation (NYSE:IXX) in which the
shareholders of Ivex will receive $21.50 per share in cash. The total
enterprise value of the acquisition, including the assumption of debt,
is approximately $790 million. The acquisition will exclude Ivex's
48.2% interest in the common stock of Packaging Dynamics Corporation,
which will be distributed to Ivex's shareholders.
Ivex is a leading manufacturer of specialty plastic packaging for
the food, electronic, medical, and retail markets with revenues
totaling $643 million in 2001. Ivex has approximately 3,700 employees
primarily in North America, as well as Europe and Southeast Asia. It
will become part of Alcoa's global packaging and consumer business.
"The addition of Ivex will broaden Alcoa's position in the food
packaging and foodservice packaging markets, where we already have a
strong presence," said Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda. "This acquisition
is consistent with our previously articulated strategy to profitably
grow our packaging and consumer business."
Alcoa expects the transaction to be accretive to earnings within
the first year and estimates the potential for annual synergies to be
$75 to $100 million within three years.
Alcoa's global packaging and consumer segment had $2.7 billion in
revenues and an after-tax operating income of $185 million in 2001.
The transaction is subject to the approval of Ivex shareholders
and customary regulatory approvals. The parties expect the transaction
to be completed during the second quarter of 2002.
Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum,
fabricated aluminum and alumina and is active in all major aspects of
the industry -- mining, refining, smelting, fabricating and recycling.
Alcoa's aluminum products and components are used worldwide in many
products, including aircraft and automobiles, and a wide variety of
consumer and industrial applications, including such Alcoa brands as
Reynolds Wrap(R) aluminum foil and Baco(R) household wraps. Alcoa has
129,000 employees in 38 countries.
Certain statements in this release relate to future events and
expectations and as such constitute forward-looking statements
involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause
actual results, performance or achievements related to this
transaction to be different from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements include Alcoa's inability to achieve the level of synergies
anticipated by management, including possible increases in the cost of
doing business resulting from war or terrorist activities, and other
risk factors summarized in Alcoa's SEC reports.
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