Flowserve Announces $300 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Program
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
DALLAS, June 14, 2012 - Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS), a leading provider of
flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today
announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase (ASR)
agreement with J.P. Morgan to repurchase an aggregate of $300 million of the
company's common stock. The ASR is part of both the company's recently
authorized $1 billion share repurchase program and its new capital structure
strategy designed to prudently increase leverage while accelerating return of
capital to shareholders.
At inception of the ASR, the company will receive approximately 80% of the total
shares that would be repurchased at current share prices. The number of shares
to be delivered at program completion, net of the initial delivery, will be
based generally on the volume-weighted average price of Flowserve common stock
during the repurchase period. The company anticipates that all repurchases
under the ASR will be completed before the end of 2012.
The ASR is being funded through a combination of cash on hand, existing revolver
capacity and proceeds from a new $250 million term loan, which the company
executed today. The term loan bears an initial interest rate the same as, and
contains terms similar to, the company's existing credit facility. The
company's new capital structure strategy targets a gross leverage ratio of
1.0x-2.0x through the business cycle.
Mark Blinn, Flowserve president and chief executive officer, said, "This ASR
represents a decisive step toward implementing the capital structure strategy we
announced last month, and it further demonstrates our commitment to creating
shareholder value through effective cash deployment."
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Investor Contact: Mike Mullin, director, Investor Relations (972) 443-6636
Media Contact: Steve Boone, director, Global Communications and Public Affairs
(972) 443-6644
About Flowserve: Flowserve Corp. is one of the world's leading providers of
fluid motion and control products and services. Operating in more than 55
countries, the company produces engineered and industrial pumps, seals and
valves as well as a range of related flow management services. More information
about Flowserve can be obtained by visiting the company's Web site at
www.flowserve.com.
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of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are made pursuant to the safe
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future plans and strategies and anticipated developments concerning our
industry, business, operations and financial performance and condition.
The forward-looking statements included in this news release are based on our
current expectations, projections, estimates and assumptions. These statements
are only predictions, not guarantees. Such forward-looking statements are
subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict.
These risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from
what is forecast in such forward-looking statements, and include, without
limitation, the following: a portion of our bookings may not lead to completed
sales, and our ability to convert bookings into revenues at acceptable profit
margins; changes in the global financial markets and the availability of capital
and the potential for unexpected cancellations or delays of customer orders in
our reported backlog; our dependence on our customers' ability to make required
capital investment and maintenance expenditures; risks associated with cost
overruns on fixed-fee projects and in taking customer orders for large complex
custom engineered products; the substantial dependence of our sales on the
success of the oil and gas, chemical, power generation and water management
industries; the adverse impact of volatile raw materials prices on our products
and operating margins; our ability to execute and realize the expected financial
benefits from our strategic realignment initiatives; economic, political and
other risks associated with our international operations, including military
actions or trade embargoes that could affect customer markets, particularly
Middle Eastern markets and global oil and gas producers, and non-compliance with
U.S. export/re-export control, foreign corrupt practice laws, economic sanctions
and import laws and regulations; our exposure to fluctuations in foreign
currency exchange rates, including in hyperinflationary countries such as
Venezuela; our furnishing of products and services to nuclear power plant
facilities; potential adverse consequences resulting from litigation to which we
are a party, such as litigation involving asbestos-containing material claims; a
foreign government investigation regarding our participation in the United
Nations Oil-for-Food Program; expectations regarding acquisitions and the
integration of acquired businesses; our relative geographical profitability and
its impact on our utilization of deferred tax assets, including foreign tax
credits; the potential adverse impact of an impairment in the carrying value of
goodwill or other intangible assets; our dependence upon third-party suppliers
whose failure to perform timely could adversely affect our business operations;
the highly competitive nature of the markets in which we operate; environmental
compliance costs and liabilities; potential work stoppages and other labor
matters; our inability to protect our intellectual property in the U.S., as well
as in foreign countries; obligations under our defined benefit pension plans;
and other factors described from time to time in our filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
All forward-looking statements included in this news release are based on
information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to
update any forward-looking statement.
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