Alcoa Corporation to sell two aluminium plants to PARTER Capital

Alcoa Corporation signed a conditional share purchase agreement with private equity investment firm PARTER Capital Group AG to sell its two aluminium plants in Spain. Avilés and La Coruña aluminium plants include the casthouses at both facilities and the paste plant at La Coruña, which are currently in operation, and the two curtailed smelters.

Alcoa reached an agreement with the workers’ representatives relating to a transaction with PARTER Capital Group AG, based in Switzerland. But a final acquisition is subject to a buyer-provided credit facility to support future operations.

If the acquisition cannot be completed by July 31, 2019, which is extended from the original June 30, 2019 deadline, the collective dismissal and social plan are expected to go into effect on August 1, 2019.

Alcoa reached an agreement in January 2019 with the workers’ representatives at the two aluminium plants as part of the collective dismissal process announced in October 2018. The smelters were curtailed in February and maintained in restart condition, in the event that third parties had interest in acquiring the facilities.

The two smelters had a combined operating capacity of 124,000 metric tonnes per year.

Alcoa expects to record restructuring-related charges in the third quarter of 2019, rather than in the second quarter of 2019, estimated to range from $100 million to $140 million (pre- and after-tax), , depending on whether an acquisition or collective dismissal occurs.