M&A
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.85
Mativ agrees to sell Engineered Papers for $620M; dividend cut to $0.40/sh, $30M buyback
Mativ Holdings, Inc.
- Binding offer from Evergreen Hill Enterprise for $620M; expected net proceeds ~$575M used primarily for debt reduction.
- Transaction valued at ~6.5x EP's trailing 12-month Adjusted EBITDA; EP sales ~$530M.
- Annual dividend reduced from $1.60 to $0.40 per share, saving ~$66M annually; new dividend ~25% of post-transaction FCF.
- Board approved $30M share repurchase program; debt reduction remains primary near-term use of cash.
- Post-transaction, Mativ expects ~$2.2B sales, ~13% Adjusted EBITDA margin, and net leverage target 2.5x-3.5x by end of 2024.