Mergers and Acquisitions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisition of Silicone Engineering Ltd.

On October 8, 2021, we acquired Silicone Engineering Ltd. (Silicone Engineering), a leading European manufacturer of silicone material solutions based in Blackburn, England, for a combined purchase price of $172.3 million for the company, net of cash acquired, and its facility. As part of the agreement, there was a $4.1 million holdback, upon which we could issue claims against until six months after the close of the acquisition, at which point in time the holdback amount, less any holdback claims, be paid to the previous owners of Silicone Engineering. In April 2022, we paid $1.3 million of the holdback in exchange for a 6-month extension of the holdback period. In October 2022, we paid back the remaining of the holdback, less an immaterial amount for claims. Substantially all of our $190.0 million in borrowings under our existing credit facility in October 2021 were used to fund the transaction, with the remaining amounts being used for general corporate purposes. Silicone Engineering expands our existing advanced silicones platform in our EMS operating segment and provides us a European Center of Excellence to service customers requiring premium silicone solutions for applications in the EV/HEV, industrial, medical and other markets.

Pro-Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the combined results of operations of Rogers and Silicone Engineering as if the Silicone Engineering acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2020. The unaudited pro forma financial information is not intended to represent or be indicative of our consolidated results of operations that would have been reported had the Silicone Engineering acquisition been completed as of January 1, 2020 and should not be taken as indicative of our future consolidated results of operations.


	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2021		September 30, 2021
Net sales	$	248,679	$	733,404
Net income	$	26,419	$	88,271

Terminated Merger Agreement with DuPont

On November 1, 2021, we entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DuPont) in an all-cash transaction at a price of $277.00 per share of the Company’s capital stock. The merger agreement provided for the acquisition of Rogers Corporation by DuPont through the merger of Cardinalis Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont, with and into Rogers Corporation, with Rogers Corporation surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont. Company shareholders approved the merger agreement at a special shareholder meeting held on January 25, 2022. The merger agreement provided both Rogers Corporation and DuPont with a right to terminate the merger agreement if the merger had not closed on or before November 1, 2022. Consummation of the merger was subject to various customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval by the State Administration for Market Regulation of China (SAMR). As of November 1, 2022, the parties had not received regulatory approval from SAMR. On November 1, 2022, the Company received from DuPont a notice of termination of the merger agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, the Company received a regulatory termination fee from DuPont in the amount of $162.5 million, before taxes and transaction-related fees.