Transaction Creates Unrivaled, Materials Dominant, Platform with National Scale
DENVER, Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Summit Materials, Inc. (NYSE: SUM, “Summit” or the “Company”) announced today that it has successfully completed its $3.2 billion combination with Argos North America Corp. (“Argos USA,” the U.S. operations of Cementos Argos S.A. (CCB.CN, CEMARGOS CB) (“Cementos Argos”)). Shareholders of Summit voted overwhelmingly to approve certain proposals related to the Transaction Agreement, dated September 7, 2023 by and among the Company, Cementos Argos, Argos USA, Argos SEM, LLC, and Valle Cement Investments, Inc. at the Special Meeting of Stockholders on January 11, 2024.
“Today, we are excited to begin a new chapter at Summit Materials,” said Anne Noonan, Summit Materials President and CEO. “As we transition into the integration phase, I want to start by welcoming our new Argos colleagues into the Summit family. Together, we now have an unrivaled, materials dominant, platform featuring significant scale and an advantaged geographic footprint, and our talent-rich team is laser focused on delivering our synergy commitments and industry-leading returns for our shareholders. I want to thank our Board of Directors, our shareholders, and the employees across our footprint for their unwavering support and commitment through this process and we look forward to our bright future together.”
Advisors
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is acting as financial advisor and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP are acting as legal counsel to Summit Materials.
About Summit Materials, Inc.
Summit Materials is a leading vertically integrated materials-based company that supplies aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete and asphalt in the United States and British Columbia, Canada. Summit is a geographically diverse, materials-based business of scale that offers customers a single-source provider of construction materials and related downstream products in the public infrastructure, residential and non-residential end markets. Summit has a strong track record of successful acquisitions since its founding and continues to pursue growth opportunities in new and existing markets. For more information about Summit Materials, please visit www.summit-materials.com.
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Contact Information
Andy Larkin
VP, Investor Relations
Summit Materials, Inc.
[email protected]
720-618-6013
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