---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-030870"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOAR"
cik: "0002000178"
company_name: "Loar Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T07:23:18.959168+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Loar acquires LMB Fans & Motors for €365M; reports record preliminary Q4/FY2024 results

## Summary
- Acquisition of LMB for ~€365M plus ~€44.3M net debt; funded via €400M incremental term loan from Blackstone Credit.
- Expected close Q3 2025 after French regulatory approval and works council consultation; put option exclusivity through May 31, 2025.
- Preliminary Q4 2024 net sales $108.1-110.1M (up from $86.4M YoY); Adj. EBITDA $39.0-39.8M (margin ~36.2%).
- Preliminary FY 2024 net sales $400.5-402.5M; Adj. EBITDA $145.2-146.0M (margin ~36.3%); net income $21.2-21.8M vs prior year loss.
- FY 2025 guidance reaffirmed: net sales $470-480M, Adj. EBITDA $176-180M; EPS $0.57-0.62; excludes LMB acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-030870
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOAR
- cik: 0002000178
- company_name: Loar Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2000178/000119312525030870/0001193125-25-030870-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2000178/000119312525030870/d921315d8k.htm

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