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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-000248"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NGVT"
cik: "0001653477"
company_name: "Ingevity Corp"
filed_at: "2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:40:31.211829+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ingevity completes sale of CTO refinery and Industrial Specialties for $110M cash plus contingent consideration

## Summary
- Completed sale of North Charleston CTO refinery and majority of Industrial Specialties to Mainstream Pine Products for $110M cash plus contingent consideration up to $19M.
- Transaction announced Sep 2025; closed Jan 1, 2026; press release issued Jan 5.
- Amendment excludes non-lignin dispersant products for agricultural chemical applications from asset scope.
- Ingevity retains Pavement Technologies and other lignin-based dispersant products, sharpening focus on higher-margin specialty applications.
- Strategic move to simplify portfolio, reduce volatility, and enhance cash flow and margin profile.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-000248
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NGVT
- cik: 0001653477
- company_name: Ingevity Corp
- filed_at: 2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653477/000149315226000248/0001493152-26-000248-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653477/000149315226000248/form8-k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: d7323f851292f4c5434ea1092a487f327e23ef2a
  claim: Ingevity Corp completed a disposition involving Mainstream Pine Products, LLC (closed 2026-01-01).
  evidence_excerpt: On January 1, 2026, Ingevity Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Ingevity”), completed the transaction (the “Transaction”) previously disclosed in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Ingevity with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 4, 2025 (the “Previous Form 8-K”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653477/000149315226000248/0001493152-26-000248-index.htm
- claim_id: 1b103ac8b6dbb66041c01115bd392c8a3ad6caf9
  claim: Ingevity Corp amended Amendment with the Parties (effective 2026-01-01).
  evidence_excerpt: In connection with the Closing, on January 1, 2026, the Parties entered into the Amendment, which, among other things, modified the scope of assets being transferred pursuant to the Original Purchase Agreement by excluding non-lignin dispersant products sold to existing customers for agricultural chemical applications.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653477/000149315226000248/0001493152-26-000248-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.