Materion Corporation (NYSE:MTRN) announced today that its Board of
Directors declared a fourth quarter 2017 dividend of $0.10 per share of
common stock. The dividend is payable on December 1, 2017 to
shareholders of record at the close of business on November 8, 2017.
The dividend is a reflection of the Company’s continued confidence in
the strength of its business, its prospects for long-term growth and its
ability to continue to grow the business organically, as well as through
acquisitions while returning cash to shareholders.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Portions of the narrative set forth in this document that are not
statements of historical or current facts are forward-looking
statements, in particular, the outlook provided above. Our actual future
performance may materially differ from that contemplated by the
forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors.
These factors include, in addition to those mentioned elsewhere herein:
Actual net sales, operating rates and margins for 2017;
Our ability to effectively integrate the HTB acquisition;
The global economy;
The impact of any U.S. Federal Government shutdowns and sequestrations;
The condition of the markets which we serve, whether defined
geographically or by segment, with the major market segments being:
consumer electronics, industrial components, defense, medical,
automotive electronics, telecommunications infrastructure, energy,
commercial aerospace, and science;
Changes in product mix and the financial condition of customers;
Our success in developing and introducing new products and new product
ramp-up rates;
Our success in passing through the costs of raw materials to customers
or otherwise mitigating fluctuating prices for those materials,
including the impact of fluctuating prices on inventory values;
Our success in identifying acquisition candidates and in acquiring and
integrating such businesses;
The impact of the results of acquisitions on our ability to fully
achieve the strategic and financial objectives related to these
acquisitions;
Our success in implementing our strategic plans and the timely and
successful completion and start-up of any capital projects;
The availability of adequate lines of credit and the associated
interest rates;
Other financial factors, including the cost and availability of raw
materials (both base and precious metals), physical inventory
valuations, metal financing fees, tax rates, exchange rates, pension
costs and required cash contributions and other employee benefit
costs, energy costs, regulatory compliance costs, the cost and
availability of insurance, and the impact of the Company’s stock price
on the cost of incentive compensation plans;
The uncertainties related to the impact of war, terrorist activities,
and acts of God;
Changes in government regulatory requirements and the enactment of new
legislation that impacts our obligations and operations;
The conclusion of pending litigation matters in accordance with our
expectation that there will be no material adverse effects;
The success of the realignment of our businesses;
Our ability to strengthen our internal control over financial
reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; and
The risk factors as set forth in Item 1A of our Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2016.
Materion Corporation is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The
Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, supplies highly
engineered advanced enabling materials to global markets. Products
include precious and non-precious specialty metals, inorganic chemicals
and powders, specialty coatings, specialty engineered beryllium alloys,
beryllium and beryllium composites, and engineered clad and plated metal
systems.
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Materion Corporation provides advanced materials solutions for various industries, including semiconductor, industrial, aerospace and defense, energy and automotive. The Companyâs segments include Performance Materials, Electronic Materials, Precision Optics, and Other. Performance Materials segment provides advanced engineered solutions comprised of beryllium and non-beryllium containing alloy systems and custom engineered parts in strip, bulk, rod, plate, bar, tube, and other customized shapes produced at manufacturing facilities located throughout the United States and Europe. Electronic Materials segment produces advanced chemicals, microelectronics packaging, precious metal, non-precious metal, and specialty metal products, including vapor deposition targets, frame lid assemblies, clad and precious metal pre-forms, high temperature braze materials, and ultrapure wire. Precision Optics segment designs and produces precision thin film coatings, optical filters, and assemblies.