CompoSecure Announces Plan to Spin-Off Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. to Form a Differentiated Alternative Asset Management Platform and Accelerate Value Enhancing Acquisitions for CompoSecure

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  • CompoSecure to enter into a Management Agreement with Resolute Holdings

  • Pro rata distribution of shares in Resolute Holdings to all existing shareholders of CompoSecure

  • Spin-off designed to accelerate value enhancing acquisitions for CompoSecure

  • David Cote will be Executive Chairman and Tom Knott will be CEO of Resolute Holdings

  • Transaction is expected to be taxable for both CompoSecure and all existing shareholders

  • Resolute Holdings expected to have limited profitability in FY2025

SOMERSET, N.J., Dec. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CompoSecure, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMPO), a leader in metal payment cards, security, and authentication solutions, today announced its intention to spin-off a newly formed subsidiary called Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. (“Resolute Holdings”). The investment team at CompoSecure, and their associated costs, will move to Resolute Holdings upon completion of the spin-off.

As part of the spin-off transaction, a wholly owned subsidiary of CompoSecure, CompoSecure Holdings, L.L.C., will enter into a Management Agreement with Resolute Holdings under which CompoSecure Holdings, L.L.C. will pay Resolute Holdings a quarterly management fee in cash equal to 2.5% of CompoSecure’s Latest Twelve Months’ Adjusted EBITDA1. Resolute Holdings will be responsible for providing CompoSecure’s business with certain services, including providing oversight of its capital allocation strategy, operational practices, as well as M&A sourcing and execution. The acquisition strategy will focus on bolt-on targets adjacent to CompoSecure’s current operating business as well as larger targets that diversify the current business and customer mix.

CompoSecure’s existing management team, led by President and CEO Jon Wilk, will continue to operate the day-to-day business and deliver for our customers around the world while leveraging the CompoSecure Operating System to drive revenue growth and profitability.

The spin-off of Resolute Holdings will be on a pro rata basis to all existing shareholders of CompoSecure, meaning each existing shareholder will receive an allocation of shares in Resolute Holdings proportional to their current ownership in CompoSecure. The distribution of shares in Resolute Holdings will give rise to a taxable gain to CompoSecure and will be treated as a taxable dividend to all existing shareholders for U.S. federal and applicable state and local tax purposes.

Resolute Holdings anticipates limited profitability in fiscal year 2025 as it establishes operations and builds out infrastructure, including adding to its investment and operating team. These investments are designed to facilitate the acceleration of organic and value enhancing inorganic growth at CompoSecure.