On September 25, 2019, Actuant Corporation, which has adopted the business name “Enerpac Tool Group” pending approval of a change in its legal corporate name (the “Company”), successfully completed all employee representative consultations that were to be conducted prior to the closing of the previously announced sale of its Engineered Components & Systems segment (excluding the Company’s Cortland U.S. business) to BRWS Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Buyer”) and affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC, to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of July 8, 2019, by and among the Company, Buyer, Actuant France SAS and Actuant Holdings AB (the “Purchase Agreement”).

Completion of the employee representative consultations satisfies one of the conditions to the closing of the transaction. The closing of the transaction remains subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain other conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, including the completion of certain restructuring transactions. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth calendar quarter of 2019.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Such statements generally include the words “believes,” “plans,” “intends,” “targets,” “will,” “expects,” “suggests,” “anticipates,” “outlook,” “continues,” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements about the transaction and the anticipated timing thereof; expected financial positions; results of operations; cash flows; financing plans; business strategy; operating plans; capital and other expenditures; competitive positions; growth opportunities for existing products; benefits from new technology and cost reduction initiatives, plans and objectives; and markets for securities. The Company cautions that these statements are based on current estimates of future performance and are highly dependent upon a variety of factors, which could cause actual results to differ from these estimates. Among other risks and factors, the Company’s results are subject to general economic conditions, variation in demand from customers, the impact of geopolitical activity on the economy, continued market acceptance of the Company’s new product introductions, uncertainties with respect to the timing and terms of any disposition (including the timing of the transaction), the successful integration of acquisitions, restructurings, operating margin risk due to competitive pricing and operating efficiencies, supply chain risk, material and labor cost increases, tax reform, foreign currency fluctuations and interest rate risk. See the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2018 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for further information regarding risk factors. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or any other reason.

About ACTUANT CORPORATION (NYSE:ATU)

Actuant Corporation designs, manufactures and distributes a range of industrial products and systems to various end markets. The Company operates through three segments: Industrial, Energy and Engineered Solutions. The Company’s Industrial segment is primarily involved in the design, manufacture and distribution of branded hydraulic and mechanical tools to the maintenance, industrial, infrastructure and production automation markets. The Company’s Energy segment provides joint integrity products and services, customized offshore vessel mooring solutions, as well as rope and cable solutions to the global oil and gas, power generation and other energy markets. The Company’s Engineered Solutions segment provides engineered position and motion control systems to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in various on and off-highway vehicle markets, as well as various other products to the industrial and agricultural markets.