ABB to exit solar inverter business
ABB剥离光伏逆变器业务
ABB and the Italian company FIMER S.p.A announced that they have signed an agreement for FIMER to acquire ABB’s solar inverter business. The transaction will enhance the future prospects of the solar inverter business and will enable ABB to focus its business portfolio on other growth markets.
ABB和意大利FIMER公司宣布，他们已经签署了一项协议，FIMER收购ABB的太阳能逆变器业务。此次交易将提升光伏逆变器业务的未来前景，并使ABB能够将业务组合重点放在其他增长型市场上。
ABB’s solar inverter business has approximately 800 employees in more than 30 countries, with manufacturing and R&D sites located in Italy, India and Finland. It includes the solar inverter business from Power-One which was acquired by ABB’s Discrete Automation and Motion division in 2013. The business offers a comprehensive portfolio of products, systems, and services for different types of solar installations. It is currently within ABB’s Electrification business and achieved revenues of approximately $290 million in 2018.
ABB的光伏逆变器业务在30多个国家拥有约800名员工，在意大利、印度和芬兰设有生产和研发基地。它包括Power-One的光伏逆变器业务，该业务于2013年被ABB离散自动化和运动部门收购。该业务为不同类型的太阳能装置提供全面的产品、系统和服务组合。该公司目前隶属ABB电气化业务，2018年实现大约2.9亿美元营收。
Both companies will ensure a smooth transition for customers and employees. FIMER will honor all existing warranties and ABB will compensate FIMER for taking the business and its liabilities over.
两家公司都将确保客户和员工的顺利过渡。FIMER将履行所有现有保修，ABB将补偿FIMER所承担的业务及责任。
As a result, ABB expects to take an after-tax non-operational charge of approximately $430 million in the second quarter of 2019 with the half-year results of 2019 being impacted accordingly. Around 75 percent of this charge is represented by cash outflows ABB will pay to FIMER from the deal closing date through 2025. In addition, ABB expects up to $40 million of carve-out related separation costs starting in the second half of 2019.
因此，ABB预计将在2019年第二季度承担大约4.3亿美元的税后非营运费用，并对2019年的半年业绩产生相应影响。这笔费用中约有75％来自ABB从交易截止日期到2025年向FIMER支付的现金流出。此外，ABB预计从2019年下半年开始，将有高达4000万美元的分拆相关分离成本。
After closing of the transaction, ABB expects the operational EBITA margin for the Electrification business to be impacted positively by slightly more than 50 basis points, supporting the business’ progress towards its target margin corridor of 15-19 percent.
交易完成后，ABB预计电气业务的EBITA运营利润率将受到略高于50个基点的积极影响，从而支持该业务朝15-19%的目标利润率发展。
Completion is expected in the first quarter of 2020 and will be subject to certain conditions, including the completion of the carve-out and prior consultation with employee representative bodies.
交易预计将于2020年第一季度完成，并将受到某些条件的限制，包括完成剥离并事先与员工代表机构进行磋商。