Under terms of the deal, Dynasil will pay $12.5 million in cash and 4.6 million shares of common stock for RMD.
RMD owners Dr. Gerald Entine and Jack Paster will remain
with the company.
Dynasil had sales of $11 million last year. RMD generated more than $20 million in revenues last year.
Dynasil is financing the acquisition via a $9 million bank term loan and a $5 million stock offering.
In a statement, Dynasil chairman James Saltzman said, “Adding RMD is a transformational event. We expect that it will more than triple our revenues and profits while our shares outstanding only approximately double, which should make it immediately accretive. It also brings us some exciting products as well as extensive technological capability that we expect will drive our future growth.”
Dynasil manufactures photonic products such as optical materials, components, coatings and specialized instruments.
RMD makes a range of XRF and other equipment for various applications, including electronics, chemicals and medical.