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accession: "0000058492-25-000494"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEG"
cik: "0000058492"
company_name: "LEGGETT & PLATT INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T09:21:00.371711+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leggett & Platt closes sale of Aerospace Products Group for ~$285M; revises FY2025 guidance

## Summary
- Sale closed Aug 29, 2025; cash proceeds ~$285.8M at closing, expected after-tax ~$250M.
- Divestiture includes 7 facilities, ~700 employees; 2024 sales $190M.
- Proceeds used primarily to pay down debt and strengthen balance sheet.
- FY2025 guidance revised: sales $3.9-4.2B (prev $4.0-4.3B); adj EPS $0.95-1.15 (prev $1.00-1.20).
- GAAP EPS includes $0.60 gain on sale; full-year GAAP EPS guided to $1.43-1.72.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000058492-25-000494
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEG
- cik: 0000058492
- company_name: LEGGETT & PLATT INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000005849225000494/0000058492-25-000494-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000005849225000494/leg-20250829.htm

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