Bilzin Sumberg Represents Aero Hardware & Supply, Inc. in $13.5 Million Acquisition of Aerospace Parts Division
MIAMI, FL - Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP announced today that it represented Aero Hardware & Supply, Inc., a South Florida-based aerospace and hydraulic parts and services supplier, in the assets and operations sale of its aerospace parts division to Satair A/S, (NASDAQ OMX: SAT), a Denmark-based publicly traded global aerospace parts distributor and supply chain services provider. The transaction closed August 1, 2010.
The purchase price for the acquisition was a total of $13.5 million, $8.5 million of which was paid to Aero Hardware in cash at closing. The remaining $5 million was paid by way of a promissory note to be repaid in full on the one-year anniversary of the closing date. As part of the sale, the parties also entered into a long-term lease agreement whereby Satair will continue to operate the acquired assets and operations from their current location at Aero Hardwares Miami-based offices.
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