The companies and Goodman owner Hellman & Friedman LLC signed an agreement today under which Osaka, Japan-based Daikin will buy all of the closely held company’s stock, according to a statement. Daikin will use bonds and loans to help finance the purchase, and said it doesn’t plan to sell stock.
The deal gives Daikin more than 900 distribution points as it tries to boost sales for home heating and air-conditioning systems. Daikin fell the most in almost a month as Moody’s Investors Service said the acquisition may prompt it to cut the company’s credit rating.
The transaction will be completed by Dec. 31, pending regulatory approval, the companies said. Daikin plans to borrow money for the purchase from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to take advantage of the “emergency facility to counter the strong yen,” it said in the statement.
The deal is an opportunity for Daikin to increase its business “where we have little presence,” Noriyuki Inoue, chief executive officer of Daikin, said at a press conference in Osaka. The deal will also help it expand in “emerging and high- volume markets,” he said.
Daikin’s credit rating may be cut because the transaction will have a “significant impact” on the company’s balance sheet and negatively affect its financial leverage, Moody’s said in a statement today. Daikin is currently rated A3 by Moody’s, the fourth-lowest rank among 10 investment grades.
Daikin plans to invest further in Houston-based Goodman, which will continue to be managed as an independent business and keep its current management, according to today’s statement. The U.S. company has more than 4,500 employees, mostly in Texas and Tennessee, and generated $2.1 billion in sales last year, a majority of it in North America, it said.
“This is an opportunity for Goodman to grow globally as well as in the North American market by leveraging Daikin Group’s technical expertise, environmental technologies, and North American commercial expertise,” David Swift, chief executive officer of Goodman, said in Osaka.
Daikin generates 10 percent of its revenue in the Americas, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Air conditioning accounts for 85 percent of its global sales, according to the data.
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