Hudson Technologies Announces Acquisition of USA Refrigerants
June 07 2024 - 7:00AM
Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDSN) today announced the
acquisition of substantially all of the assets of USA United
Suppliers of America, Inc. d/b/a USA Refrigerants (“USA”) for $20.7
million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments, and up to
an additional $2 million in potential earnout payments. USA is a
national refrigerant distributor and has been a leading purchaser
of recovered refrigerants for over 25 years.
Brian F. Coleman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Hudson commented, “We have known USA for many years, and
they have built a highly respected reputation in our industry based
on their expertise in refrigerant recovery, as well as their strong
sales organization, and high level of service and commitment. With
the addition of the USA team, Hudson will create a dedicated
refrigerant acquisition group focused on acquiring all types of
refrigerants from CFCs to HFCs and the latest generation
products.
“The combination of USA’s proven success and
long-term relationships working with ACCA members and other
industry groups purchasing recovered refrigerants and providing the
buying team access to Hudson’s customer base is expected to
significantly enhance our purchasing abilities of all recovered
refrigerants. In addition, we expect to leverage their existing
customer base, whose purchasing activity has resulted in USA
generating average revenues of approximately $20 million per year
over the last three years. Furthermore, the valuation of this
strategic acquisition is in line with our purchase price valuation
target of 6X EBITDA. We are excited about the potential of this
acquisition to help scale our capabilities related to sourcing
recovered and reclaimed refrigerants, enabling us to drive
increased sales of these higher margin refrigerants as current and
future phase downs of virgin refrigerants create supply/demand
imbalance in the marketplace.”
Ted Broudy, President of USA commented, “Hudson
is the right home for our business. With their additional resources
and expertise in field service, recovery, and reclamation, our USA
customers will continue to receive the excellent level of care and
attention we have always provided, and the opportunity to combine
our capabilities with Hudson’s will allow us to expand our
expertise and service to a broader customer base. We look forward
to joining Hudson and establishing a new team dedicated to rapidly
growing refrigerant acquisition and reclaim sales.”
About Hudson Technologies
Hudson Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider
of innovative and sustainable refrigerant products and services to
the Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
industry. For nearly three decades, we have demonstrated our
commitment to our customers and the environment by becoming one of
the first in the United States and largest refrigerant reclaimers
through multimillion dollar investments in the plants and advanced
separation technology required to recover a wide variety of
refrigerants and restoring them to Air-Conditioning, Heating, and
Refrigeration Institute standard for reuse as certified EMERALD
Refrigerants™. The Company's products and services are primarily
used in commercial air conditioning, industrial processing and
refrigeration systems, and include refrigerant and industrial gas
sales, refrigerant management services consisting primarily of
reclamation of refrigerants and RefrigerantSide® Services performed
at a customer's site, consisting of system decontamination to
remove moisture, oils and other contaminants. The Company’s
SmartEnergy OPS® service is a web-based real time continuous
monitoring service applicable to a facility’s refrigeration systems
and other energy systems. The Company’s Chiller Chemistry® and
Chill Smart® services are also predictive and diagnostic service
offerings. As a component of the Company’s products and services,
the Company also generates carbon offset projects.
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Statements contained herein which are not
historical facts constitute forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements involve a number of known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to,
changes in the laws and regulations affecting the industry, changes
in the demand and price for refrigerants (including unfavorable
market conditions adversely affecting the demand for, and the price
of, refrigerants), the Company's ability to source refrigerants,
regulatory and economic factors, seasonality, competition,
litigation, the nature of supplier or customer arrangements that
become available to the Company in the future, adverse weather
conditions, possible technological obsolescence of existing
products and services, possible reduction in the carrying value of
long-lived assets, estimates of the useful life of its assets,
potential environmental liability, customer concentration, the
ability to obtain financing, the ability to meet financial
covenants under its existing credit facility, any delays or
interruptions in bringing products and services to market, the
timely availability of any requisite permits and authorizations
from governmental entities and third parties as well as factors
relating to doing business outside the United States, including
changes in the laws, regulations, policies, and political,
financial and economic conditions, including inflation, interest
and currency exchange rates, of countries in which the Company may
seek to conduct business, the Company’s ability to successfully
integrate any assets it acquires from third parties into its
operations, and other risks detailed in the Company's 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2023 and other subsequent filings with the
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Investor Relations
Contact:John Nesbett/Jennifer BelodeauIMS Investor
Relations (203) 972-9200jnesbett@imsinvestorrelations.com |
Company
Contact:Brian F. Coleman, President & CEOHudson
Technologies, Inc.(845) 735-6000bcoleman@hudsontech.com |
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