GREENWICH, Conn. – 2 agosto 2021 – GXO Logistics (NYSE: GXO) (“GXO” o la “società”) ha iniziato oggi il suo primo giorno di “regular way” alla Borsa di New York, mentre il suo management ed i membri del consiglio di amministrazione hanno festeggiato il fatto che GXO sia diventata una società indipendente e quotata in borsa suonando la Opening Bell®. GXO è la precedente divisione logistica globale di XPO Logistics, (NYSE: XPO) ed oggi si è trasformata con successo nel più grande provider pure-play di contract logistics al mondo.
"Questa è un’emozionante pietra miliare nella storia di GXO. Consideriamo un privilegio lanciare GXO come una nuova società al vertice del settore - il più grande provider pure-play di logistica del mondo", ha dichiarato Malcolm Wilson, chief executive officer di GXO. "Abbiamo una potente piattaforma per la crescita futura, compresa la nostra cultura dell'innovazione, forti relazioni con i clienti, leader esperti ed un team di livello mondiale. Questo è il primo giorno per sbloccare un potenziale nuovo e vasto per la nostra azienda".
GXO si lancia con circa 94.000 membri del team in tutto il mondo e circa 20 milioni di metri quadrati di spazio di magazzino in 869 sedi in 27 paesi. I clienti blue-chip globali di GXO includono Apple, Nike, Nestlé e Whirlpool, insieme a società in forte crescita nell'e-commerce e in altri settori chiave, tra cui abbigliamento, tecnologia, food e beverage ed elettronica di consumo.
GXO investe in tecnologie all'avanguardia che aiutano a risolvere i requisiti sempre più complessi delle supply chain di oggi. Utilizzando l'automazione avanzata ed i robot collaborativi per aumentare la produttività, GXO migliora la sicurezza del sito per il suo team e l'efficienza per i suoi clienti. L'azienda utilizza anche l'apprendimento automatico, la scienza dei dati e l'analisi predittiva per tra sformare la logistica in un vantaggio competitivo per retailer, produttori e altri proprietari di supply chain.
Separation Completion
Secondo i termini della separazione precedentemente annunciata, gli azionisti di XPO hanno ricevuto un'azione di GXO per ogni azione di XPO detenute alla chiusura dell'attività alla data di registrazione per la distribuzione, il 23 luglio 2021. Le azioni GXO sono state distribuite alle 12:01 Eastern Time del 2 agosto 2021 in una distribuzione che è destinata ad essere esentasse per gli azionisti XPO ai fini dell'imposta federale sul reddito degli Stati Uniti. In relazione alla separazione, GXO ha effettuato un pagamento in contanti di 794 milioni di dollari a XPO.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC e Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz hanno agito come rispettivi consulenti finanziari e legali in relazione alla separazione.
A proposito di GXO Logistics
GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO) è il più grande provider pure-player di contract logistics al mondo. GXO si impegna a fornire un ambiente di lavoro eterogeneo e di prim’ordine ai suoi 94.000 diepndenti in 869 siti per un totale di oltre 19 milioni di metri quadrati. L'azienda collabora con i principali clienti blue-chip del mondo per risolvere complesse sfide logistiche con soluzioni di supply chain tecnologicamente avanzate, su scala e veloci. Nonostante la sua leadership di mercato, GXO detiene solo il 5% del mercato logistico potenziale, settore in rapida crescita con una valore di 130 miliardi di dollari in Europa e Nord America. L’headquarter di GXO si trova a Greenwich, Conn, USA. Visitate GXO.com per maggiori informazioni e connettetevi con GXO su Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram e YouTube.
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These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to a material difference include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed in our filings with the SEC and the following: the severity, magnitude, duration and aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic and government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; economic conditions generally; competition and pricing pressures; our ability to align our investments in capital assets, including equipment, service centers and warehouses, to our customers’ demands; our ability to successfully integrate and realize anticipated synergies, cost savings and profit improvement opportunities with respect to acquired companies; our ability to develop and implement suitable information technology systems and prevent failures in or breaches of such systems; our ability to raise debt and equity capital; litigation; labor matters, including our ability to manage our subcontractors, and risks associated with labor disputes at our customers and efforts by labor organizations to organize our employees; risks associated with defined benefit plans for our current and former employees; fluctuations in currency exchange rates; fluctuations in fixed and floating interest rates; issues related to our intellectual property rights; governmental regulation, including trade compliance laws, as well as changes in international trade policies and tax regimes; governmental or political actions, including the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union; natural disasters, terrorist attacks or similar incidents; a material disruption of GXO’s operations; the inability to achieve the level of revenue growth, cash generation, cost savings, improvement in profitability and margins, fiscal discipline, or strengthening of competitiveness and operations anticipated or targeted; the impact of potential cyber-attacks and information technology or data security breaches; the inability to implement technology initiatives successfully; the expected benefits and timing of the separation, and uncertainties regarding the planned separation, including the risk that the separation will not produce the desired benefits; a determination by the IRS that the distribution or certain related transactions should be treated as taxable transactions; the possibility that any consents or approvals required in connection with the separation will not be received or obtained within the expected time frame, on the expected terms or at all; expected financing transactions undertaken in connection with the separation and risks associated with additional indebtedness; the risk that dis-synergy costs, costs of restructuring transactions and other costs incurred in connection with the separation will exceed our estimates; and the impact of the separation on our businesses, our operations, our relationships with customers, suppliers, employees and other business counterparties, and the risk that the businesses will not be separated successfully or that such separation may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected, which could result in additional demands on our resources, systems, procedures and controls, disruption of our ongoing business, and diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns. All forward-looking statements set forth in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by us will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to or effects on us or our business or operations. Forward-looking statements set forth in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, changes in expectations or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except to the extent required by law.