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David Silver
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Air Products Agrees to Sell Its Performance Materials Division to Evonik for $3.8 Billion

Air Products' (APD) sale of the Performance Materials Division (PMD) of its Versum Materials (Versum) segment to Evonik of Germany for $3.8 billion cash accelerates its transition to a focused industrial gas (IG) company and provides significant cash to accelerate growth in core activities. It also confirms the value of APD’s non- IG businesses. Based mainly on the attractive selling price and other deal terms, we expect to maintain APD’s narrow moat rating and raise its fair value estimate by r...
Underlying
Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

Air Products and Chemicals serves customers globally with a portfolio of products, services, and solutions that include atmospheric gases, process and other gases, equipment, and services. The company is a supplier of hydrogen and is engaged in helium and liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment. The company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates industrial gas projects, including gasification projects that convert abundant natural resources into syngas for the production of power, fuels and chemicals. The company designs and manufactures equipment for air separation, hydrocarbon recovery and purification, LNG, and liquid helium and liquid hydrogen transport and storage.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
David Silver

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