Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has completed the sale of its Urethane Systems business to Japanese UBE Corporation on April 1, 2025. UBE is a global manufacturer of chemical products and listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
All relevant antitrust authorities had granted the necessary approvals for the transaction, which was announced in October 2024. With completion of this transaction, Lanxess has received gross cash proceeds of approximately Euros 500 million. The enterprise value amounts to Euros 460 million.
Lanxess intends to use the proceeds to redeem its Euros 500 million benchmark bond which matures in May 2025. The leverage ratio (net financial debt / EBITDA pre) will be reduced to 3x.
“With this sale, we conclude our portfolio transformation and at the same time achieve a substantial further reduction of net financial debt”, says Matthias Zachert, Chairman of the Board of Management of Lanxess AG.
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