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Huntsman to sell US Commodities Business to Flint Hills
17 Feb '07
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Peter R. Huntsman, President and CEO of Huntsman Corporation, announced that Huntsman has signed definitive documents with Flint Hills Resources, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., for Flint Hills Resources to acquire Huntsman's U.S. Base Chemicals and Polymers business.
Huntsman is expected to realize a total value from the sale of approximately $761 million. Under the agreement, Flint Hills Resources will acquire the manufacturing assets of Huntsman's U.S. commodities business for $456 million in cash plus the value of inventory ($286 million at Dec. 31, 2006) on the date of closing.
Huntsman will retain other elements of working capital, including accounts receivables, accounts payable and certain accrued liabilities (net, $19 million at Dec. 31, 2006), which will be liquidated for cash immediately following the closing.
The transaction includes Huntsman's olefins and polymers manufacturing assets located at five U.S. sites: Port Arthur, Odessa and Longview, Texas; Peru, Illinois; and Marysville, Michigan. The business employs about 900 associates. The captive ethylene unit at the retained Port Neches, Texas, site of Huntsman's Performance Products division is not included in the sale. This asset, along with a long-term post-closing arrangement for the supply of ethylene and propylene from Flint Hills to Huntsman, will continue to provide feedstock for Huntsman's downstream derivative units.
"Upon the closing of the transaction we announced today, Huntsman Corporation will have completed its planned divestitures of its commodity petrochemical businesses and its transformation to a company manufacturing and marketing differentiated products. Our entire product line will now experience higher growth rates and much lower sensitivity to energy costs," said Peter Huntsman. "Looking forward, we have transformed our business into one producing highly innovative products that serve an expanding global economy."
Huntsman is expected to realize a total value from the sale of approximately $761 million. Under the agreement, Flint Hills Resources will acquire the manufacturing assets of Huntsman's U.S. commodities business for $456 million in cash plus the value of inventory ($286 million at Dec. 31, 2006) on the date of closing.
Huntsman will retain other elements of working capital, including accounts receivables, accounts payable and certain accrued liabilities (net, $19 million at Dec. 31, 2006), which will be liquidated for cash immediately following the closing.
The transaction includes Huntsman's olefins and polymers manufacturing assets located at five U.S. sites: Port Arthur, Odessa and Longview, Texas; Peru, Illinois; and Marysville, Michigan. The business employs about 900 associates. The captive ethylene unit at the retained Port Neches, Texas, site of Huntsman's Performance Products division is not included in the sale. This asset, along with a long-term post-closing arrangement for the supply of ethylene and propylene from Flint Hills to Huntsman, will continue to provide feedstock for Huntsman's downstream derivative units.
"Upon the closing of the transaction we announced today, Huntsman Corporation will have completed its planned divestitures of its commodity petrochemical businesses and its transformation to a company manufacturing and marketing differentiated products. Our entire product line will now experience higher growth rates and much lower sensitivity to energy costs," said Peter Huntsman. "Looking forward, we have transformed our business into one producing highly innovative products that serve an expanding global economy."
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