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AUGUST 4, 2020 / 4:47 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
K+S shortlists billionaire, private equity firms in sale of Morton Salt: sources
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-k-s-divestment/...es-idUSKCN2501XN
„Private equity investors Advent International, American Securities and Cerberus Capital Management also made it to the second round of the bidding, they added.“
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/...orton-salt-sale-sources-2020-08-04
CMP - Q2/2020“
„SALT BUSINESS SUMMARY
Second-quarter 2020 Salt segment revenue totaled $121.8 million, an 8% increase from prior-year results, as sales volumes increased 9% from prior-year results while average selling prices declined 1%. Highway deicing sales volumes increased 18% from second-quarter 2019 results primarily due to customer purchasing of minimum highway deicing contract obligations following the mild winter. Consumer and industrial sales volumes declined 9% year-over-year primarily due to COVID-19 related impacts on non-deicing salt products demand. Highway deicing average sales price increased 11% due to improved North America highway deicing contract pricing and consumer and industrial pricing remained relatively flat with the prior-year period.
Salt segment operating earnings increased 103% to $29.7 million from second-quarter 2019 results of $14.6 million, while EBITDA grew 60% to $46.9 million. The prior-year results included $2.8 million of unusually high logistics costs due to Mississippi river flooding. Excluding these costs, second-quarter 2020 operating earnings and EBITDA increased 71% and 46% respectively year-over-year. Salt segment operating margin expanded to 24.4% from 13.0% in the prior year and adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 38.5% from 28.6%. These results were driven by continued improvement in Goderich production rates as well as lower per-unit logistics costs, increased highway deicing pricing and a favorable sales mix compared to second-quarter 2019 results.
Bid Season Update
Approximately 75% of our North American highway deicing bidding process for the 2020-2021 winter season has been completed. Reduced bid volumes following the mild 2019-2020 winter and elevated producer inventory levels have created a competitive pricing environment. Given bid results awarded to date, the company expects its average contract price for the upcoming winter season will decline approximately 11% from prior-season’s results. This follows two consecutive seasons of bid price increases of 8% and 18%. The company also expects that its total committed bid volumes will increase by approximately 8% compared to prior-year results reflecting its improved supply position due to better production rates at the Goderich mine.“
https://investors.compassminerals.com/...Earnings-Growth/default.aspx
Ich hätte nichts dagegen ...
Wir haben August, also wird die Abwicklung sicherlich nicht mehr in diesem Jahr erfolgen, selbst wenn man jetzt endlich mal mit einem der "vielen" Interessenten konkreter verhandelt.
Es gibt nämlich diverse Möglichkeiten die solche Gespräche scheitern lassen können.
Also abwarten und auf einen guten, möglichst kurzfristigen Abschluss hoffen.