-- 週一，Somnigroup International (SGI) 同意以全股票交易方式收購床上用品和家具組件製造商 Leggett & Platt (LEG)，交易價值約 25 億美元。 兩家公司在聯合聲明中表示，Leggett & Platt 的股東每持有 1 股 Leggett & Platt 股票，將獲得 0.1455 股 Somnigroup 股票。合併後的公司中，Leggett & Platt 的投資者將持有約 9% 的股份。 在最近的盤前交易中，Leggett & Platt 的股價上漲了近 9%，而 Somnigroup 的股價下跌了 1.7%。 Somnigroup 執行長 Scott Thompson 在聲明中表示：「Leggett & Platt 強大的工程能力、多元化的終端用戶以及良好的現金流狀況，將顯著增強我們的全球平台。」 Somnigroup 預計此次收購將擴大其在床上用品領域的目標市場，並使其能夠進入非床上用品行業。 該交易尚需獲得Leggett & Platt股東的批准以及監管機構的許可，預計將於年底前完成。交易完成後，Leggett & Platt將作為Somnigroup旗下的獨立業務部門運營，並繼續保留其位於密蘇裡州迦太基的辦公地點。 Leggett & Platt執行長Karl Glassman表示：「此次交易使Leggett & Platt的股東有機會以延稅方式參與這家全球領先公司的未來成長和價值創造。」交易完成後，Glassman將繼續領導Leggett & Platt，並將在交易完成後的12個月內協助完成業務部門新任執行長的交接工作。 合併後的公司預計將在36個國家營運175家製造工廠，全球員工總數超過36,000人。 Somnigroup和Leggett & Platt預計，在交易完成後的第一年，該交易在未計入協同效應的情況下，將提升調整後每股收益。這些公司也預計，以年運行率計算，調整後息稅折舊攤提前利潤將增加 5,000 萬美元。 2 月，Leggett & Platt 公佈第四季度調整後每股收益為 0.22 美元，高於去年同期的 0.21 美元。銷售額年減 11% 至 9.386 億美元。當時，該公司表示，預計 2026 年調整後每股收益將在 1 美元至 1.20 美元之間，銷售額將在 38 億美元至 40 億美元之間。
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