Titan International announced that on Oct. 3, 2019, through one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the company completed the sale of shares of Wheels India Ltd. in on-market trades on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. The sale reduces the company's indirect ownership interest in Wheels India from approximately 34.2% of the outstanding shares of Wheels India to approximately 23.8%.
U.S. tire and wheel maker Titan International has settled in full a put option related to investors in Voltyre-Prom, the off-highway tire manufacturing operation that Titan bought into 6 years ago.
Gross profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019, was $38.3 million, compared to $58.3 million in the comparable prior year period. Gross margin was 9.8% of net sales for the latest quarter, compared to 13.6% of net sales in the comparable prior year period.
Ag and construction equipment wheel and tire maker Titan International reported 3.5% fall off in revenue driven by sales decreases in each of its major business segments, including agriculture, earthmoving & construction and consumer.
Repurchases of company stock will be made from time to time in accordance with applicable securities laws in the open market and/or in privately negotiated transactions, and will include repurchases pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans.
Off-road tire and wheel maker, Titan International, posted a 9.1% gain in net sales in 2018 vs. 2017, with net sales for the full year 2018 at $1.6 billion.
U.S. tire and rim maker Titan International is to pay $25 million in cash and issue $25 million in shares to satisfy a settlement put option exercised by one of two fellow shareholders in Voltyre-Prom, a Russian agricultural and industrial tire operation.
Titan International announced on Jan. 3 that it and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), one of the three shareholders of Voltyre-Prom, have entered into a Non-Binding Letter of Intent relating to the settlement put option that was exercised by RDIF.
Senior executives at Titan International worked during the Christmas and New Year holiday period to secure approvals for issuing stock to a co-shareholder in its Russian tire manufacturing operation to meet a settlement put option.
Ag equipment manufacturers and dealers have in recent weeks released their quarterly earnings. Sales for equipment manufacturers and/or their agricultural segments largely improved the last three months. Meanwhile, Canada’s largest dealership network announced it was opening a used equipment outlet in Kansas, marking the most recent step in its foray into the U.S. in accordance with its 5 year growth plan.
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