陶氏化学和杜邦推进合并谈判滑阀

据悉，《华尔街日报》引用知情人士的话报导，陶氏化学和杜邦公司正在推进合并谈判。陶氏化学董事长兼CEO利伟诚将成为合并后公司的董事会执行主席。知情人士告诉《华尔街日报》，两家公司可能在未来几天宣布合并事宜。

陶氏化学周二（12月8日）的收盘价格为50.9美元，市值为590亿美元，杜邦公司的收盘价格为66.61美元，市值为588亿美元。该交易将成为全球化工行业最大的并购交易。在美国《化学周刊》2014年十亿美元俱乐部排名榜中，陶氏化学排名第三，2014年的销售收入为582亿美元，而杜邦公司排名第八，2014年的销售收入为247亿美元。

唐绍红摘译自《Chemical Week》2015-切碎机12-8

原文如下：

Dow Chemical and DuPont are in advanced merger talks, WSJ says

7:31 PM MST | December 8, 2015 | Robert Westervelt

Dow Chemical and DuPont are in advanced talks to merge, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing people familiar with matter.

Dow chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris would be executive chairman of combined company; DuPont CEO Edward Breen will keep the CEO title, according to the report. The companies could announce a merger in the coming days, sources told the Journal.

Dow Chemical shares closed today at $50.90, with market capitalization of $59 billion. DuPont shares closed at $66.61, with a market capitalization of $58.8 billi奇瑞配件on. The deal would easily be the largest chemical industry deal. Dow ranked third in CW's 20万能铣床14 Billion Dollar Club of the largest chemical makers by revenue with sales of $58.2 billion last year. DuPont ranked eighth with 2014 revenue of $24.7 billion.