INGEVITY CORPORATION (NYSE:NGVT) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 9.01. OTHER EVENTS.

As previously disclosed on August 22, 2017, Ingevity Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated August 22, 2017 (the “Agreement”), with Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC (the “Seller”), Georgia-Pacific LLC (together with Seller, “GP”) and Ingevity Arkansas, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, to purchase substantially all the assets primarily used in GP’s pine chemicals business, including assets and facilities related to tall oil fractionation operations and the production or modification of tall oil fatty acids, tall oil rosins, rosin derivatives and formulated products (the “Acquisition”).

On March 1, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) notified the Company that it had closed its investigation of the proposed Acquisition. The consummation of the Acquisition remains subject to other customary closing conditions, and the Company currently anticipates closing the Acquisition in the first quarter of 2018.

On March 1, 2018, the Company issued a press release regarding the foregoing. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward looking statements generally include the words “may,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “plans,” “intends,” “targets,” “will,” “expects,” “suggests,” “anticipates,” “outlook,” “continues,” “forecast,” “prospect,” “potential” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, the anticipated timing of the closing of the Acquisition. Like other businesses, the Company is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause its actual results to differ materially from its expectations or that could cause other forward-looking statements to prove incorrect. Factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, or that could cause other forward-looking statements to prove incorrect, include, without limitation, risks related to the satisfaction of the conditions to closing the Acquisition (including the failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals) in the anticipated timeframe or at all, risks that the expected benefits from the proposed Acquisition will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; the risk that the businesses will not be integrated successfully; significant transaction costs; and unknown or understated liabilities. These and other important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements that may have been made in this document are and will be more particularly described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and our other periodic filings. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements, which speak only as the date thereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revision to the projections and forward-looking statements contained in this announcement, or to update them to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this announcement.

Item 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits.

Ingevity Corp Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 exhibit99103012018.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit Exhibit 99.1 Ingevity Corporation5255 Virginia AvenueNorth Charleston,…
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About INGEVITY CORPORATION (NYSE:NGVT)

Ingevity Corporation is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals and high performance carbon materials. The Company is also a manufacturer of activated carbon used in gasoline vapor emission control systems in cars, trucks, motorcycles and boats. The Company operates through two segments: Performance Materials and Performance Chemicals. The Performance Materials segment primarily produces automotive carbon products used in gasoline vapor emission control systems in cars, trucks, motorcycles and boats. The Performance Chemicals segment develops, manufactures and sells a range of specialty chemicals primarily derived from co-products of the Kraft pulping process. Its products are used in a range of applications, including asphalt paving, oil exploration and production, agrochemicals, adhesives, lubricants, publication inks and automotive components that reduce gasoline vapor emissions.