Wednesday, March 27, 2013

PolyOne: Sell-Off After Resin Divestiture Creates A Long-Term Entry Opportunity

Shares of PolyOne Corporation (POL) fell 1.8% in Monday's trading session. The provider of specialized polymer materials and associated services and products announced the sale of its non-core Resin assets. Shares continued to slip, trading with losses of a similar percentage in Tuesday's trading session.

The Deal

PolyOne announced that it has agreed to sell its vinyl dispersion, blending and suspension resin activities to Mexichem S.A.B. for $250 million in cash.

The activities were part of PolyOne's Performance Products and Solutions business. While the deal has a short term dilutive effect, the company stresses that the deal is consistent with the company's mix improvement strategy which has delivered significant shareholder value already in recent years. CEO and Chairman Stephen D. Newlin commented on the deal:

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