ITT Corporation [NYSE: ITT] and EDO Corporation [NYSE: EDO] have reached a definitive agreement for ITT to purchase all outstanding shares of EDO for $56 per share in cash. Including approximately $120 million of net debt and the anticipated conversion of convertible notes, this transaction values EDO at $1.7 billion. The transaction is expected to be neutral to ITT’s earnings per share in 2008, and accretive thereafter.
EDO designs and develops advanced systems at the center of the military’s transformation to lighter, faster, and smarter defense capabilities. EDO has grown revenues at a compound annual growth rate of almost 16 percent over the last three years, and is positioned to grow at approximately 60 percent in 2007 to its current-year forecast of approximately $1.15 billion—White Plains, New York


