Gas Group Linde Confirms 'preliminary' Merger Talks With Praxair
Fakhir Rizvi Published August 16, 2016 | 09:33 PM
BERLIN, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th August, 2016) - German industrial gas supplier Linde confirmed Tuesday reports that it was "in preliminary discussions about a possible merger" with its US competitor Praxair.
"Discussions are taking place and have yet to lead to any concrete result or agreement," Linde said in a brief statement after the Wall Street Journal and other media including AFP reported that talks had started over a potential tie-up. "At present it is unforeseeable whether there will be a transaction," Linde added. A potential merger between the two companies would create a giant that would overtake French group Air Liquide as the world's number one supplier of industrial gases.
Air Liquide took the top spot from Linde by sealing a deal at the end of May for the acquisition of US firm Airgas, which should take its annual revenues to more than 20 billion Euros ($22.4 billion).
But Linde and Praxair combined would have estimated annual revenues of more than $30 billion. The German firm based in Munich employs 64,000 people worldwide, while Connecticut-based Praxair has 26,000 staff. Linde shares soared 10 percent in Frankfurt afternoon trading. In New York Praxair stock was up nearly four percent in early deals.
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