Columbus McKinnon Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCO) (the “Company” or “Columbus McKinnon”), a leading designer and manufacturer of intelligent motion solutions for material handling, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering, subject to market and other conditions, of $150.0 million of its common stock. The Company intends to grant the underwriters in the offering an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional $22.5 million of the Company’s common stock.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering (including the net proceeds if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares of common stock) to repay in part outstanding borrowings under its first lien term facility.

J.P. Morgan is acting as lead book-running manager. Wells Fargo Securities and PNC Capital Markets LLC are acting as additional joint book-running managers for the offering.