---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-032788"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMP"
cik: "0000093389"
company_name: "STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T22:25:25.983848+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SMP to acquire Nissens Automotive for ~$388M; accretive in first full year

## Summary
- Purchase price ~$388M (€360M) cash; 7.5x EBITDA after estimated $10M run-rate cost synergies.
- Nissens has ~$260M annual revenue and mid-teens EBITDA margin; SMP expects $8-12M in cost synergies within 24 months.
- Acquisition to be immediately and meaningfully accretive to GAAP EPS; expected close H2 2024 subject to antitrust clearance.
- Financing via new $125M term loan and existing revolver; J.P. Morgan, BofA, Wells Fargo providing committed financing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-032788
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMP
- cik: 0000093389
- company_name: STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000114036124032788/0001140361-24-032788-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000114036124032788/ny20032193x1_8k.htm

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