U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13
OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
Date of Report: February
29, 2016
(Date of earliest event
reported)
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL
CORP.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
1-10026 |
14-0462060 |
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Identification No.) |
216 Airport Drive, Rochester, New Hampshire,
03867
(518) 445-2200
(Address and telephone number
of the registrant's principal executive offices)
None.
(Former name or former address, if changed since
last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-4(c))
Item 8.01 – Other Events
On February 29, 2016, Albany International Corp.
(“Albany”) issued a news release announcing that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Harris Corporation
(“Harris”) and Blue Falcon I Inc. (the “Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris, to acquire all
of the issued and outstanding stock of the Company.
A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit
99.1 hereto.
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Description
No.
99.1 News Release, dated February 29, 2016, issued by Albany
International Corp.
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
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/s/ John B. Cozzolino
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John B. Cozzolino |
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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Date: February 29, 2016
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
Description |
99.1 |
News Release, dated February 29, 2016, issued by Albany International Corp. |
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Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE |
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ALBANY INTERNATIONAL TO ACQUIRE
ADVANCED COMPOSITES BUSINESS
Rochester, New Hampshire, February 29,
2016 – Albany International Corp. (NYSE:AIN) (the “Company”) has agreed to acquire Harris Corporation’s
composite aero-structures division (the “Division”) for total consideration of $210 million including the assumption
of a $23 million capital lease. Harris had acquired the Division through its 2015 acquisition of Exelis Inc.
The Division is a leading supplier of advanced
composite products primarily for airframe applications. It has significant positions on three major growth platforms: Lockheed’s
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), Boeing’s 787, and Sikorsky’s CH-53K. It also supplies the vacuum waste tanks for most of
Boeing’s 7-Series aircraft, and components of the airframe of a Lockheed Martin family of air-to-surface missiles; and it
has small positions on the airframes of the Airbus A350 and 380, and on GEnx engines.
The acquisition is projected to be slightly
accretive to Albany earnings in 2016, with projected 2016 sales in the $80 million to $90 million range and Adjusted EBITDA in
the $13 million to $15 million range. Sales and Adjusted EBITDA are expected to rise sharply through early next decade with the
anticipated ramp-up of the JSF, 787, and CH-53K programs. Assuming good execution and no significant slippage in program schedules,
sales are projected to exceed $200 million by 2020, and Adjusted EBITDA margins could approach 20% by 2020. Subject to these same
assumptions, the Company’s estimated return on invested capital for the acquisition is projected to exceed Albany’s
current cost of capital by 2018 and reach double-digits by 2020.
Albany International
Corp.
216 Airport Dr.
Rochester, NH 03867 USA
www.albint.com
The Company views the Division as an attractive
stand-alone growth platform. Nonetheless, AEC and the Division have highly complementary capabilities, and the Company’s
primary motivation for entering into this transaction is the additional long-term growth potential created by their combination.
Joe Morone, President and CEO of Albany
International, commented, “The combination of AEC and this aerostructures Division creates a major force in aerospace composites,
which should be able to realize significant new long-term growth opportunities, in addition to the already substantial growth that
each business is poised to achieve over the next five years. While we believe this acquisition would have been justifiable on a
stand-alone basis given the Division’s growth potential, and while we are confident that AEC and the Division each have the
capability to realize their respective growth potential on their own, we see compelling and multiple forms of complementarity,
all of which point to opportunity for additional growth late this decade and into next decade.”
Albany will use existing cash on hand and
its revolving credit facility to finance the transaction. In connection with the transaction, Albany expects to create additional
borrowing capacity by increasing its existing revolving credit facility from $400 million to $550 million prior to the closing
of the transaction; terms of the new credit facility are expected to be similar to the terms of the current facility.
The transaction, which is conditional on
regulatory and other customary conditions, is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter or early second quarter
of 2016.
The Company plans a webcast
to discuss the acquisition on Monday, February 29, 2016, at 12:00 p.m. noon Eastern Time. For access, go to www.albint.com.
About Albany International Corp.
Albany International is a global advanced textiles and materials
processing company, with two core businesses. Machine Clothing is the world’s leading producer of custom-designed fabrics
and belts essential to production in the paper, nonwovens, and other process industries. Albany Engineered Composites is a rapidly
growing supplier of highly engineered composite parts for the aerospace industry. Albany International is headquartered in Rochester,
New
Hampshire, operates 19 plants in 10 countries, employs 3,900 people
worldwide, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol AIN). Additional information about the Company and its products
and services can be found at www.albint.com.
About Harris Corporation
Harris Corporation is a leading technology innovator, solving our
customers’ toughest mission-critical challenges by providing solutions that connect, inform and protect. Harris supports
customers in more than 125 countries, has approximately $8 billion in annual revenue and 22,000 employees worldwide. The company
is organized into four business segments: Communication Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems, Electronic Systems, and Critical
Networks. Learn more at harris.com.
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This
press release contains certain items, such as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and Adjusted
EBITDA that could be considered ‘non-GAAP’ financial measures under SEC rules. We think such items provide useful information
to investors regarding the Company’s operational performance. The Company calculates EBITDA by removing the following from
Net income: Interest expense net, Income tax expense, Depreciation and amortization, and Income or loss from Discontinued Operations.
Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by: adding to EBITDA costs associated with restructuring and pension settlement charges; adding (or
subtracting) revaluation losses (or gains); subtracting (or adding) gains (or losses) from the sale of buildings or investments;
subtracting insurance recovery gains; and subtracting Income attributable to the noncontrolling interest in Albany Safran Composites
(ASC). Expectations
of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are made based on estimates of ranges of amounts in future periods and cannot be reconciled to the
nearest GAAP measure.
This press release may contain statements, estimates, or projections
that constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined under U.S. federal securities laws. Generally, the words “believe,”
“expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “project,” “will,”
“should,” “look for,” “could” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements,
which generally are not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties (including,
without limitation, those set forth in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q)
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s historical experience and our present expectations
or projections.
Forward-looking statements in this release or in the webcast include,
without limitation, expectations in 2016 and in future periods of sales, earnings, Adjusted EBITDA, margins, return on invested
capital and other financial items related to the Company’s composites acquisition and the Company as a whole. Furthermore,
a change in any one or more of the foregoing factors could have a material effect on the Company’s financial results in any
period. Such statements are based on current expectations, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements.
Statements expressing management’s assessments of the growth
potential of its businesses, or referring to earlier assessments of such potential, are not intended as forecasts of actual future
growth, and should not be relied on as such. While management believes such assessments to have a reasonable basis, such assessments
are, by their nature, inherently uncertain. This release and earlier releases set forth a number of assumptions regarding these
assessments, including historical results, independent forecasts regarding the markets in which these businesses operate, and the
timing and magnitude of orders for our customers’ products. Historical growth rates are no guarantee of future growth, and
such independent forecasts and assumptions could prove materially incorrect, in some cases.
Contacts:
Investors |
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John Cozzolino
518-445-2281
john.cozzolino@albint.com
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Susan Siegel
603-330-5866
susan.siegel@albint.com
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