Dec 19 (Reuters) - ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc ATA.TO :
* ATS TO ACQUIRE A LEADING SYSTEMS PROVIDER TO THE RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETS
* ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS INC - TOTAL CASH PURCHASE PRICE FOR ACQUISITION WILL BE 113 MILLION EURO
* ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS INC - WILL FUND ACQUISITION PRIMARILY FROM CASH ON HAND AND ITS CREDIT FACILITIES
* ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS - EXPECTS RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUISITION TO ACHIEVE DOUBLE DIGITS BY YEAR FIVE POST-ACQUISITION
* ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS - IN FISCAL 2020, ATS EXPECTS ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE ACCRETION IN MID-SINGLE DIGIT PERCENTAGE RANGE AS A RESULT OF TRANSACTION
* ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS - ENTERED INTO DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE COMECER S.P.A.
* ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS - EARNINGS PER SHARE SEEN TO BE DILUTED IN SHORT-TERM DUE TO INCREMENTAL AMORTIZATION OF ORDER BACKLOG & OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS FROM DEAL
* ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING - FOR 2018, COMECER IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE REVENUES OF APPROXIMATELY 67 MILLION EURO, WITH A LOW DOUBLE-DIGIT EBITDA MARGIN
* ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS INC - COMECER WILL CONTINUE TO BE LED BY ITS CEO, ALESSIA ZANELLI