WALTHAM, Mass., May 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crane NXT, Co. (NYSE:CXT) ("Crane NXT" or the "Company"), a premier industrial technology company, today announced it has completed its acquisition of De La Rue Authentication Solutions, a global leader in security and authentication technologies, complementing the authentication and online brand protection solutions of OpSec Security ("OpSec") and expanding the Company's portfolio to include security technologies for government-issued identification documents and credentials.

Aaron W. Saak, Crane NXT's President and CEO, stated: "We are excited to welcome the De La Rue Authentication Solutions team to Crane NXT. The Authentication Solutions business is an excellent strategic fit with our Security and Authentication Technologies segment, and further enhances our ability to serve as a trusted partner to our customers, leveraging our advanced technology capabilities to provide a broader suite of solutions to highly attractive end markets."

In connection with the acquisition, the Company is creating a new business unit within the Security and Authentication Technologies segment called "Crane Authentication," consisting of OpSec and De La Rue Authentication Solutions. This updated structure will better enable the company to serve customers and drive significant value creation through the implementation of the Crane Business System.

Crane NXT continues to expect the acquisition to be accretive to Adjusted EPS in its first full year and to achieve double digit ROIC by year five. The Company will provide updated full year guidance as part of its first quarter 2025 earnings release scheduled for May 7, 2025.

About Crane NXT, Co.

Crane NXT is a premier industrial technology company that provides trusted technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate what matters most to its customers. Through its two industry-leading business segments, Security & Authentication Technologies and Crane Payment Innovations, Crane NXT provides customers with advanced technologies to secure high-value physical products, sophisticated detection equipment and systems, and proprietary products and services that protect brand identity and digital content. Crane NXT's approximately 5,000 employees help our customers protect their most important assets and ensure secure, seamless transactions around the world every day. For more information, visit www.cranenxt.com.

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Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include, but are not limited to: the impact of tariffs and other trade measures; changes in global economic conditions (including inflationary pressures) and geopolitical risks, including macroeconomic fluctuations; demand for its products, which is variable and subject to factors beyond its control; risks associated with conducting a substantial portion of its business outside the U.S.; information systems and technology networks failures, breaches in data security, theft of personally identifiable and other information, and non-compliance with its contractual or other legal obligations regarding such information; being unable to identify or complete acquisitions, or to successfully integrate the businesses the Company acquires; fluctuation in the prices of, or disruption in its ability to source, components and raw materials, and delays in the distribution of its products; loss of personnel or being able to hire and retain additional personnel needed to sustain and grow its business as planned; being unable to successfully develop and introduce new products, which would limit its ability to grow and maintain its competitive position; governmental regulations and failure to comply with those regulations; the ability to protect its intellectual property; risks from litigation, claims and investigations, including those related to product liability and warranties, and employee, commercial, intellectual property and environmental matters; risks related to its ability to improve productivity, reduce costs and align manufacturing capacity with customer demand; significant competition in the Company's markets; additional tax expenses or exposures; adverse impacts from intangible asset impairment charges; inadequate or ineffective internal controls; and risks related to the Separation, including not obtaining the intended tax treatment of the Separation transaction, failure of Crane Company to perform under the various transaction agreements and actual or potential conflicts of interest with Crane Company.

Readers should carefully review Crane NXT, Co.'s financial statements and the notes thereto, as well as the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of Crane NXT, Co.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the other documents Crane NXT, Co. and its subsidiaries file from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

Investors:

Matt Roache

VP, Investor Relations

matthew.roache@cranenxt.com

Crane NXT Completes Acquisition of De La Rue Authentication Solutions