Divestment of the Swedish sawmills is reshaping the group
On 17 June Bergs signed an agreement to divest its Swedish sawmill operations to Vida in order to refocus on its more stable and profitable further processing business and its Baltic sawmill operations. In 2019 the operations to be sold accounted for SEK 1,150m (36%) of sales and SEK 39m (25%) of adjusted EBITDA, corresponding to a margin of 3.4%. The continuing operations had an adjusted EBITDA margin of 5.6%. The balance sheet will strengthen, enabling further growth in the refocused business. While the deal is dependent on regulatory approval, we have assumed it will close as planned on 1 September. In line with the company’s accounting we treat the operations to be sold as discontinued operations until 1 September 2020E.
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