空气液化空气完成将美国资产剥离到Matheson三气体与Airgas收购

液化空气has completed the divestiture of certain U.S. assets to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. (“Matheson”), first announced on June 24, 2016, and cleared by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in a decision published on September 1, 2016. This divestiture represents the majority of the asset sales required by the FTC in connection with Air Liquide’s acquisition of Airgas.

该交易包括在十六个地区出售十八个空中分离单元;两种氧化亚氮生产设施;四种州的四种液体二氧化碳生产设施，包括两种干冰生产设施;和三个气虎零售包装焊接燃气店在阿拉斯加。根据购买协议的条款，Matheson已获得生产设施，设备，库存，分销资产和客户合同，并聘请与剥离资产相关的员工。

该交易价值78100万美元，为空气液化净值约为2.5亿美元的净增益。

迈克尔J. Graff.，Air Liquide Group的执行委员会和美洲执行副总裁的成员表示：“我们很高兴能够关闭此交易并继续融入AirGas。“

Barclays Bank Plc和Cleary Gottlieb Steen＆Hamilton LLP担任此交易液化空气的顾问。