ABB to exit solar inverter business
ABB剝離光伏逆變器業(yè)務(wù)

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(jīng)簽署了一項(xiàng)協(xié)議，F(xiàn)IMER收購ABB的太陽能逆變器業(yè)務(wù)。此次交易將提升光伏逆變器業(yè)務(wù)的未來前景，并使ABB能夠?qū)I(yè)務(wù)組合重點(diǎn)放在其他增長(zhǎng)型市場(chǎng)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(yè)務(wù)在30多個(gè)國家擁有約800名員工，在意大利、印度和芬蘭設(shè)有生產(chǎn)和研發(fā)基地。它包括Power-One的光伏逆變器業(yè)務(wù)，該業(yè)務(wù)于2013年被ABB離散自動(dòng)化和運(yùn)動(dòng)部門收購。該業(yè)務(wù)為不同類型的太陽能裝置提供全面的產(chǎn)品、系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)組合。該公司目前隸屬ABB電氣化業(yè)務(wù)，2018年實(shí)現(xiàn)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(xiàn)有保修，ABB將補(bǔ)償FIMER所承擔(dān)的業(yè)務(wù)及責(zé)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(yù)計(jì)將在2019年第二季度承擔(dān)大約4.3億美元的稅后非營運(yùn)費(fèi)用，并對(duì)2019年的半年業(yè)績(jī)產(chǎn)生相應(yīng)影響。這筆費(fèi)用中約有75％來自ABB從交易截止日期到2025年向FIMER支付的現(xiàn)金流出。此外，ABB預(yù)計(jì)從2019年下半年開始，將有高達(dá)4000萬美元的分拆相關(guān)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(yù)計(jì)電氣業(yè)務(wù)的EBITA運(yùn)營利潤率將受到略高于50個(gè)基點(diǎn)的積極影響，從而支持該業(yè)務(wù)朝15-19%的目標(biāo)利潤率發(fā)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(yù)計(jì)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(jī)構(gòu)進(jìn)行磋商。