M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.95
Huntsman and Olin announce $12.5B all-stock merger of equals; Ken Lane CEO, Peter Huntsman Chairman
Huntsman CORP
- Exchange ratio: 0.5476 Olin shares per Huntsman share; Olin shareholders own 54.5% of combined company.
- Identified >$400M cost synergies and integration benefits, plus $125M cash tax benefits from NOL acceleration.
- Ken Lane (Olin CEO) to lead combined company; Peter Huntsman non-executive Chairman; Phil Lister CFO.
- Combined company named OlinHuntsman, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas; expected close H1 2027.
- 2025 pro forma revenue ~$12.5B; complementary upstream/downstream integration across chemicals value chain.