PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.,
Sept. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Systemax Inc. (NYSE: SYX) today announced it has
closed the previously announced sale of its France-based IT business to Bechtle AG.
The sale was denominated on a cash-free, debt-free basis and
included normalized working capital adjustments. Total cash
provided from the sale, before tax and transaction expenses but
inclusive of cash on hand in France, was approximately $270 million at current exchange rates.
With the completion of the sale, Systemax currently operates its
Industrial Products Group ("IPG") business in North America, which is focused on industrial
supplies and MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations), markets the
Company has served since 1949. IPG sells private-label and
brand-name industrial equipment and supplies to businesses
throughout North America,
primarily under the names Global Industrial in the U.S and Global
Industrial CA / Avenue in Canada.
IPG offers over 1 million products that are primarily sold
through its websites and corporate sales force. It is a
highly successful and rapidly growing business that generated
approximately $800 million in revenue
in 2017 and grew its revenue at a CAGR of 13.7% from 2012 through
2017.
About Systemax Inc.
Systemax Inc. (www.systemax.com),
through its operating subsidiaries, is a provider of industrial
products in North America, going
to market through a system of branded e-Commerce websites and
relationship marketers. The Company's primary brand is Global
Industrial (www.globalindustrial.com).
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release
contains forward looking statements within the meaning of that term
in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934). Additional written or oral forward
looking statements may be made by the Company from time to time in
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
otherwise. Statements contained in this press release that
are not historical facts are forward looking statements made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are based on management's
estimates, assumptions and projections and are not guarantees of
future performance. The Company assumes no obligation to
update these statements. Forward looking statements may include,
but are not limited to, projections or estimates of revenue, income
or loss, exit costs, cash flow needs and capital expenditures,
statements regarding future operations, expansion or restructuring
plans, including our exit from and winding down of our sold NATG
operations, financing needs, compliance with financial covenants in
loan agreements, plans relating to products or services of the
Company, assessments of materiality, predictions of future events
and the effects of pending and possible litigation, as well as
assumptions relating to the foregoing. In addition, when used in
this release, the words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates,"
"expects," "intends," and "plans" and variations thereof and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking
statements.
Other factors that may affect our future results of
operations and financial condition include, but are not limited to,
unanticipated developments in any one or more of the following
areas, as well as other factors which may be detailed from time to
time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings: risks
involved with e-commerce, including possible loss of business and
customer dissatisfaction if outages or other computer-related
problems should preclude customer access to our products and
services; the Company's management information systems and other
technology platforms supporting our sales, procurement and other
operations are critical to our operations and disruptions or delays
have occurred and could occur in the future, and if not timely
addressed would have a material adverse effect on us; we could
suffer a data security breach due to our e-commerce and data
storage systems being hacked by those seeking to steal Company
information, vendor, employee or customer personal information, or
due to employee error, resulting in disruption to our operations,
loss of information and privacy, legal claims and adverse material
impact on our reputation and business; meeting credit card industry
compliance standards in order to maintain our ability to accept
credit cards; technological change has had and can continue to have
a material effect on our product mix and results of operations;
general economic conditions will continue to impact our business;
extreme weather conditions could disrupt our product supply chain
and our ability to ship or receive products, which would adversely
impact sales; our international operations are subject to risks
such as fluctuations in currency rates and foreign regulatory
requirements, and our operations are subject to the impact of newly
enacted US and foreign tariffs, and political uncertainty; and
managing various inventory risks, such as being unable to
profitably resell excess or obsolete inventory and/or the loss of
product return rights and price protection from our
vendors.
Investor/Media Contacts:
Mike
Smargiassi
The Plunkett Group
212-739-6729
mike@theplunkettgroup.com
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