Feb 23 (Reuters) - Sogefi SpA SGFI.MI :
* PROPOSED DIVIDEND: € 0.20 PER SHARE
* PUT OPTION AGREEMENT SIGNED IN SOGEFI’S FAVOUR FOR SALE OF
THE
FILTRATION DIVISION
* FY EBITDA, TOTALLING EUR 221.4 MILLION, ROSE BY +13.5%,
WITH AN
EBITDA MARGIN OF 16.6%
* FOR 2024 IT IS EXPECTED FOR ALL OF THREE DIVISIONS
CURRENTLY
COMPRISING GROUP THAT THERE WILL BE SINGLE-DIGIT REVENUE GROWTH
* THE FILTRATION DIVISION WILL OPERATE UNDER THE NAME OF
PURFLUX
GROUP IN THE EVENT OF THE TRANSACTION BEING COMPLETED
* SOGEFI-AS PER TERMS OF THE PUT OPTION AGREEMENT, SOGEFI
GRANTED
CARTA US AND CARTA FRANCE A SIX-MONTH PERIOD OF EXCLUSIVITY TO
COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION
* DEAL IS IN ANY CASE SUBJECT TO OBTAINING FDI AUTHORIZATION
IN
SLOVENIA AND ANTITRUST AUTHORIZATION IN MOROCCO
* IN EVENT OF DECONSOLIDATION OF FILTRATION DIVISION AN
INCREASE
IN OPERATING PROFITABILITY AND A POSITIVE NET RESULT IS EXPECTED
IN 2024
* TRANSACTION SHOULD BE FINALIZED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF
TODAY'S
DATE
* HAS SIGNED A PUT OPTION AGREEMENT WITH US INVESTMENT FUND
PACIFIC AVENUE
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