Huntsman to Acquire Remaining 50% Interest in Sasol-Huntsman Joint Venture
The Sasol-Huntsman joint venture owns a manufacturing facility in Moers, Germany, with capacity to produce 230 million pounds of maleic anhydride.
Huntsman Corp. recently announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Sasol to acquire the 50% interest that Huntsman does not own in the Sasol-Huntsman maleic anhydride joint venture. The joint venture owns a manufacturing facility in Moers, Germany, with capacity to produce 230 million pounds of maleic anhydride.
Huntsman will pay Sasol $92.5 million, adjusted for debt and other agreed-upon terms, funded from available liquidity. No other terms of the transaction were disclosed. Huntsman and Sasol currently anticipate the closing of the transaction to occur in the fourth quarter of 2019, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.