ABB to exit solar inverter business
ABB剝離光伏逆變器業務

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，他們已經簽署了一項協議，FIMER收購ABB的太陽能逆變器業務。此次交易將提升光伏逆變器業務的未來前景，并使ABB能夠將業務組合重點放在其他增長型市場上。

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的光伏逆變器業務在30多個國家擁有約800名員工，在意大利、印度和芬蘭設有生產和研發基地。它包括Power-One的光伏逆變器業務，該業務于2013年被ABB離散自動化和運動部門收購。該業務為不同類型的太陽能裝置提供全面的產品、系統和服務組合。該公司目前隸屬ABB電氣化業務，2018年實現大約2.9億美元營收。

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.

兩家公司都將確保客戶和員工的順利過渡。FIMER將履行所有現有保修，ABB將補償FIMER所承擔的業務及責任。

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預計將在2019年第二季度承擔大約4.3億美元的稅后非營運費用，并對2019年的半年業績產生相應影響。這筆費用中約有75％來自ABB從交易截止日期到2025年向FIMER支付的現金流出。此外，ABB預計從2019年下半年開始，將有高達4000萬美元的分拆相關分離成本。

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預計電氣業務的EBITA運營利潤率將受到略高于50個基點的積極影響，從而支持該業務朝15-19%的目標利潤率發展。

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.

交易預計將于2020年第一季度完成，并將受到某些條件的限制，包括完成剝離并事先與員工代表機構進行磋商。