On October 11, 2022, the Company announced entry into a definitive agreement to sell its Pipeline and Industrials Materials (“PIM”) business, which became part of the Company with the acquisition of CMC Materials, to Infineum USA L.P. (“Infineum”). The PIM business specializes in the manufacture and sale of drag reducing agents and a range of valve maintenance products and services, and reports into the Materials Solutions segment (the segment resulting from combining the Advanced Planarization Solutions and the Specialty Chemicals and Engineered Materials segments) of the Company. Effective February 10, 2023, the Company terminated the definitive agreement. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, the Company received a $12.0 million termination fee from Infineum in the first quarter of 2023 and incurred a transaction adviser fee of $1.1 million. The net amount of $10.9 million is recorded in Other expense, net in the consolidated statement of operations.

During the fourth quarter of 2022, the related assets and liabilities were classified as held-for-sale in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and measured at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell based on the held-for-sale criteria. The assets and liabilities continue to be marketed for sale and are classified as held-for-sale at December 31, 2023 based on the carrying value.

The planned disposition of the PIM business did not meet the criteria to be classified as a discontinued operation in the Company’s financial statements since the disposition did not represent a strategic shift that had, or will have, a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results.


(In thousands)
Assets:	December 31, 2023
Current assets	$	50,975
Property, Plant and Equipment, net	115,920
Intangible assets, net	76,692
Goodwill	12,707
Other assets	1,373
Total assets-held-for sale	$	257,667

Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	8,867
Accrued expenses	7,662
Long-term liabilities	1,508
Total liabilities-held-for sale	$	18,037

During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company began the process to sell a small, industrial specialty chemicals business that reports within the Materials Solutions segment. The related assets and liabilities of the business were classified as held-for-sale in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and measured at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.

The proposed disposition of the business did not meet the criteria to be classified as a discontinued operation in the Company’s financial statements since the disposition did not represent a strategic shift that had, or will have, a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results.


(In thousands)
Assets:	December 31, 2023
Current assets	$	8,315
Property, Plant and Equipment, net	2,454
Intangible assets, net	10,317
Total assets-held-for sale	$	21,086

Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	711
Accrued expenses	475
Total liabilities-held-for sale	$	1,186

Loss before income taxes attributable to the business was $45.0 million and a tax benefit of $9.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023. The loss before income taxes attributable to the business includes a goodwill impairment charge of $10.4 million and long-lived asset impairment charge of $30.5 million.

During the second quarter of 2023, the Company announced entry into a definitive agreement to sell its EC business, which became part of the Company with the acquisition of CMC Materials, to FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation. The EC business specializes in purification, formulation, blending, packaging and distribution of high-purity process chemicals used within the semiconductor and microelectronic manufacturing processes. The EC business was a part of what is now the Materials Solutions segment and became part of the Company with the acquisition of CMC Materials.

The Company completed the divestiture of the EC business on October 2, 2023. The Company received gross cash proceeds of $737.1 million, or expected net proceeds of $675.2 million, which remains subject to customary final post-closing adjustments. The following table summarizes the fair value of the sale proceeds received in connection with the divestiture, which are subject to further final post-closing adjustment:


(In thousands)	October 2, 2023
Cash proceeds received, gross	$	737,100
Preliminary working capital adjustment	(5,474)
Cash transferred to the buyer on the closing balance sheet	(42,845)
Direct costs to sell	(13,581)
Fair value of sale consideration	$	675,200

The disposition of the EC business did not meet the criteria to be classified as a discontinued operation in the Company’s financial statements since the disposition did not represent a strategic shift that had, or will have, a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results.


(In thousands)
Assets:	October 2, 2023
Current assets	$	103,927
Property, Plant and Equipment, net	177,397
Intangible assets, net	263,686
Goodwill	250,638
Other assets	7,966
Total assets-held-for sale	$	803,614

Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	18,975
Accrued expenses	21,141
Long-term liabilities	81,963
Total liabilities-held-for sale	$	122,079

As a result of the EC business divestiture, the Company recognized a pre-tax loss of $8.9 million, including a $2.6 million loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income for foreign currency translation and minimum pension liability, presented in selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023. The Company recorded an income tax benefit associated with the EC business divestiture of approximately $63.4 million.

During the first quarter of 2023, the Company announced entry into a definitive agreement to sell QED Technologies International, Inc. (“QED”), which offers magnetorheological finishing polishing and subaperture stitching interferometry metrology manufacturing solutions, to Quad-C Management, Inc. QED was a part of what is now the Materials Solutions segment (the segment resulting from combining the Advanced Planarization Solutions and the Specialty Chemicals and Engineered Materials segments) and became part of the Company with the acquisition of CMC Materials.

The Company completed the divestiture of QED on March 1, 2023 and received proceeds of $134.3 million after adjustments with respect to cash, working capital, indebtedness and transaction expenses. The disposition of QED did not meet the criteria to be classified as a discontinued operation in the Company’s financial statements since the disposition did not represent a strategic shift that had a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. The following table summarizes the fair value of the sale proceeds received in connection with the divestiture:


(In thousands)	March 1, 2023
Fair value of sale consideration	$	137,500
Final working capital adjustment	1,031
Cash transferred to the buyer on the closing balance sheet	(1,465)
Direct costs to sell	(2,780)
Fair value of sale consideration, net proceeds	$	134,286


(In thousands)
Assets:	March 1, 2023
Current assets	$	19,219
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,663
Goodwill	90,005
Intangible assets, net	48,661
Other assets	841
Total assets	$	161,390

Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	1,340
Accrued expenses	8,750
Long-term liabilities	2,067
Total liabilities	$	12,157

As a result of the QED divestiture, the Company recognized a pre-tax loss of $14.9 million presented in selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023. The Company recorded an income tax expense associated with the QED divestiture of approximately $16.9 million.