Energy Fuels Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire VAC for $1.9 Billion Equity Value
Acquisition creates unique, fully integrated mine-to-magnet rare earth platform Positions the Combined Company to Capitalize on Surging Demand for Rare Earth Magnets across North America and Europe >$2 Billion Annual Permanent Magnet Potential Customer Pipeline Revenue Across Auto, Defense, Robotics, and Data Center Sectors Expected to be Immediately Accretive to Energy Fuels' Cash Flow and Margin Profile Links VAC's Established Permanent Magnet Business with Energy Fuels' Growing Rare Earth Mining, Processing and Refining Platform Company is Pursuing Various Funding Opportunities, including Government Programs, to Complement its Growth Strategy, and Recently Announced a $725 Million Conditional Loan from U.S. Office of Strategic Capital DENVER and HANAU, Germany, June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG, Ara VAC TopCo US LLC, and their respective consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, "VAC") from Ara Partners for a total cash-and-stock consideration of approximately $1.9 billion based on Energy Fuels' closing share price of $16.12 as of June 22, 2026, creating a fully integrated platform to strengthen global critical rare earth element ("REE") supply chains. VAC is a leading advanced magnetics company with over 100 years of production expertise, more than 400 patents, over 1,000 customers, and operating magnet production facilities in North America, Europe and Asia, including a state-of-the-art facility in Sumter, South Carolina, with capacity to produce 2,000 tonnes per annum ("tpa") of permanent magnets, scalable to 12,000 tpa (the "Sumter Facility").