Dow divests 40% Gulf Coast stake to Macquarie for $2.4 billion

In a strategic transfer to focus on its major chemical compounds enterprise, Dow has agreed to promote a 40% stake in sure infrastructure belongings alongside the U.S. Gulf Coast to Macquarie Asset Administration. The deal, introduced Monday, is valued at $2.4 billion. Dow additionally indicated that the whole money proceeds might rise to roughly $3 billion if Macquarie opts to extend its stake to 49% throughout the first six months after the deal is finalized.

On account of the announcement, Dow’s shares noticed an approximate 5% improve to $44.14 throughout premarket buying and selling.

The belongings in query are a part of Dow’s broader initiative to reassess its holdings in non-product producing operations, which incorporates belongings like energy and steam manufacturing amenities and pipeline networks. This reevaluation aligns with the corporate’s efforts to optimize its world asset portfolio.

Dow has initiated comparable opinions elsewhere, as evidenced by the scrutiny of its European belongings that began in October. These belongings signify near a fifth of Dow’s gross sales within the Europe, Center East, Africa, and India (EMEAI) area.

The newly shaped entity, Diamond Infrastructure Options, will function an infrastructure supplier to Dow and different industrial entities throughout 5 websites in Texas and Louisiana.

The transaction is slated for completion within the first half of 2025.

This improvement follows Dow’s current removing from the Dow Jones Industrial Common final month, a change prompted by challenges the corporate faces, together with a sluggish demand restoration and stringent regulatory environments. Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) took Dow’s place within the distinguished inventory market index.

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