Olin Corporation is a U.S.-based chemicals company headquartered in Clayton, Missouri. It operates globally with manufacturing and sales across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Olin’s operations are organized around two core chemical segments—Chlor Alkali Products & Vinyls and Epoxy—and it also owns the Winchester ammunition business.
The chlor-alkali and vinyls portfolio includes chlorine, caustic soda, sodium hypochlorite (bleach), hydrochloric acid, potassium hydroxide, hydrogen, and chlorinated organic intermediates. The epoxy business spans epichlorohydrin, liquid and solid epoxy resins, and related systems used in coatings, composites, and adhesives. Olin’s products serve construction, automotive, electronics, packaging, pulp and paper, water treatment, and other industrial markets.
HSR waiting period expired, meeting a key closing condition; the deal still requires additional regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
Transaction cleared overwhelming preliminary shareholder votes; remains subject to regulatory approvals, certification and other customary closing conditions with closing targeted H1 2027.
Q2 net loss $6M, adjusted EBITDA $120M; free cash flow used $90M; signed all‑stock merger with Olin; stockholder vote Aug 25, 2026.
SEC declared the Form S‑4 effective; special shareholder meetings set for Aug 25; closing expected H1 2027; transaction targets >$400M in synergies and broader vertical integration.
All-stock merger creates an integrated North American chemicals platform with vertical chlorine/caustic integration, ~$12.5B pro forma revenue and $400M+ identified synergies.
Operations will cease at epoxy resin facilities in South Korea and Brazil. Q1 2023 results will include $57M in restructuring charges, with $15M as non-cash asset impairments.
