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Olin Acquisition Drama: The $12.5 Billion Chemicals Shake-Up!

Olin Corporation has entered one of the most important strategic moves in its recent history by agreeing to combine with Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) in an all-stock transaction that would create OlinHuntsman, a North American chemicals company with roughly $12.5 billion in annual revenue. The proposed structure gives Olin shareholders about 54.5% of the combined company and Huntsman investors about 45.5%, with closing targeted for the first half of 2027, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals. The headline controversy is that Huntsman accepted terms that appeared to value it at about $13.85 per share, roughly 13% below its prior close. Management framed this as an optical discount caused by a 30-day VWAP exchange ratio that smoothed Olin’s recent share-price decline while offering Huntsman holders a better outcome versus historical trading averages and access to larger long-term synergy potential.