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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066570-21-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSA"
cik: "0000066570"
company_name: "MSA Safety Inc"
filed_at: "2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:13:34.953415+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSA Safety Q2 revenue +9% to $341M; adjusted EPS $1.06; closes $337M Bacharach deal

## Summary
- Revenue $341M, +9% reported; GAAP EPS $0.64; adjusted EPS $1.06.
- Adjusted operating income $59M (17.2% of sales) vs $59M (18.7%) a year ago.
- Completed acquisition of Bacharach for $337M on July 1, 2021; financed with debt <2% after-tax cost.
- Incoming orders exceeded both 2020 and 2019 levels; supply chain constraints drove significant backlog increase.
- Deployed ~$400M in 2021 for Bacharach and Bristol Uniforms acquisitions; management confident in H2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066570-21-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSA
- cik: 0000066570
- company_name: MSA Safety Inc
- filed_at: 2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657021000042/0000066570-21-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657021000042/msa-20210728.htm

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