WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Announces Agreement to Divest UK Storage Segment
December 13 2022 - 04:01PM
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WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Announces Agreement to Divest UK
Storage Segment
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (“WillScot Mobile Mini
Holdings” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WSC), the North American
leader in innovative flexible workspace and portable storage
solutions, today announced a definitive agreement, whereby the
Company will divest its UK Storage segment to Algeco UK Holdings
Limited, a member of the Modulaire group for an enterprise value of
approximately £335 million. Proceeds from the sale will be used to
support growth investments in the Company’s North American Modular
and Storage operating segments and other capital allocation
priorities. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory
approval in the United Kingdom and is expected to close in the
first quarter of 2023. The Company does not anticipate any impact
to operating results from the divestiture in its NA Modular or NA
Storage segments, and the UK Storage segment will be reported as
discontinued operations in its Q4 2022 financial filings.
Brad Soultz, Chief Executive Officer of WillScot Mobile Mini
Holdings, commented, “Thank you to the Mobile Mini UK team for
their dedication to WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings. This transaction
and the previously completed divestiture of the Tank & Pump
segment will complete the transition of our portfolio into a pure
play provider of modular space and storage solutions in North
America, where our industry-leading platform enjoys unparalleled
scale benefits and allows us to deliver greater value to our
customers and shareholders. Upon close, our capital allocation
strategy will remain unchanged, and our leverage will be reduced
towards the bottom of our 3.0 to 3.5x target range. We completed
three additional highly accretive tuck-in acquisitions in our NA
Modular and NA Storage segments during the fourth quarter to date
and over 20 acquisitions in 2022 to date. We expect to continue to
aggressively reinvest in support of our organic, and largely
idiosyncratic, growth levers, opportunistic accretive acquisitions,
and in returning value to shareholders through share repurchases
given our existing $1B share repurchase authorization. We expect to
provide 2023 financial guidance excluding the UK Storage segment
during the Q4 2022 earnings call in early 2023.”
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP acted as legal adviser
to WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings.
About WillScot Mobile Mini
Holdings
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings trades on the Nasdaq
stock exchange under the ticker symbol “WSC.” Headquartered in
Phoenix, Arizona, the Company is a leading business services
provider specializing in innovative flexible workspace and portable
storage solutions. WillScot Mobile Mini services diverse end
markets across all sectors of the economy from a network of
approximately 260 branch locations and additional drop lots
throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United
Kingdom.
Forward-Looking StatementsThis
press release contains forward-looking statements (including the
guidance/outlook contained herein) within the meaning of the U.S.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words
"estimates," "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "forecasts,"
"plans," "intends," "may," "will," "should," "shall," "outlook,"
"guidance" and variations of these words and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not
historical in nature. Certain of these forward-looking statements
include statements relating to: our pipeline, acceleration of our
run rate, acceleration toward and the timing of our achievement of
our three-to-five-year milestones, growth and acceleration of cash
flow, drive higher returns on invested capital, and Adjusted EBITDA
margin expansion. Forward-looking statements are subject to a
number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important
factors, many of which are outside our control, which could cause
actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those
discussed in the forward-looking statements. Although the Company
believes that these forward-looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions, they are predictions and we can give no
assurance that any such forward-looking statement will materialize.
Important factors that may affect actual results or outcomes
include, among others, our ability to acquire and integrate new
assets and operations; our ability to achieve planned synergies
related to acquisitions; our ability to successfully execute our
growth strategy, manage growth and execute our business plan; our
estimates of the size of the markets for our products; the rate and
degree of market acceptance of our products; the success of other
competing modular space and portable storage solutions that exist
or may become available; rising costs and inflationary pressures
adversely affecting our profitability; potential litigation
involving our Company; general economic and market conditions
impacting demand for our products and services and our ability to
benefit from an inflationary environment; our ability to maintain
an effective system of internal controls; and such other risks and
uncertainties described in the periodic reports we file with the
SEC from time to time (including our Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2021), which are available through the SEC’s EDGAR
system at www.sec.gov and on our website. Any forward-looking
statement speaks only at the date which it is made, and the Company
disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by law.
Additional Information and Where to Find
ItAdditional information can be found on the company's
website at www.willscotmobilemini.com.
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