Packaging

Robbins & Myers Completes Sale of Romaco Businesses

Monday 02. May 2011 - Robbins & Myers, Inc. (NYSE: RBN) completed the previously announced sale of its Romaco businesses to a group of funds led by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, a Frankfurt, Germany-based private equity investment firm.

Total consideration was approximately euro 65 million (approximately $96 million) including euro 61 million of cash and euro 4 million of assumed liabilities and is subject to post-closing adjustments. The Company expects to record a transaction net gain of approximately euro 29 million (approximately $43 million) in its third fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2011.