XML 30 R19.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.10.0.1
Note 13 - Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Nov. 25, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Subsequent Events [Text Block]
13
.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
On
December 4, 2018,
the Company completed the previously announced sale (the “Sale”) of its digital and radio frequency/microwave printed circuit materials business (collectively, the “Electronics Business”), including manufacturing facilities in Singapore, France, Arizona and  California and R&D facilities in Arizona and Singapore, to AGC Inc., a Japanese corporation (the “Buyer”). The Sale was completed pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of
July 25, 2018,
by and among the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary, ParkNelco SNC, an entity organized under the laws of France, and the Buyer. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Buyer acquired all of the outstanding equity interests in Nelco Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Neltec, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Neltec SA, an entity organized under the laws of France, and Nelco Products Pte. Ltd., an entity organized under the laws of Singapore (collectively, the “Acquired Subsidiaries”), all of which were, directly or indirectly, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, for an aggregate purchase price of
$145,000
in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments for changes in working capital compared to a target, cash in the Acquired Subsidiaries and certain accrued and unpaid taxes of the Acquired Subsidiaries.
 
The net proceeds from the Sale were approximately
$122,561,
net of transaction costs and taxes of approximately
$22,439.
The net gain on the Sale is estimated to be
$101,568.
 
On
January 3, 2019,
the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of
$4.25
per share payable
February 26, 2019
to shareholders of record at the close of business on
February 5, 2019.
 
In
December 2018,
the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Park Aerospace Technologies, Corp. (“PATC”), entered into a Development Agreement with the City of Newton, Kansas  and the Board of County Commissioners of Harvey County, Kansas pursuant to which PATC agreed to construct and operate an additional manufacturing facility approximately
90,000
square feet in size for the design, development and manufacture of advanced composite materials and parts, structures and assemblies for aerospace equipped through the purchase of machinery, equipment and furnishings and to create additional new full-time employment of specified levels during a
five
-year period in exchange for the commitment by the City and the County to lease to PATC
three
acres of land at the Newton City/County Airport, in addition to the
eight
acres previously leased to PATC by the City and County, and to provide financial and other assistance toward the construction of the additional facility as set forth in the Development Agreement. The Company estimates the total cost of the additional facility to be approximately
$19
million, and the Company expects to complete the construction of the additional facility in the
first
half of the
2020
calendar year.