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亚什兰集团达成7.5亿美元加速股票回购协议

发布时间:2014-08-05

2014年8月5日

肯塔基州卡温顿市 — 亚什兰集团(纽约证交所:ASH)今天宣布已经与德意志银行伦敦分行(以下简称“德意志银行”)和摩根大通银行(以下简称“摩根大通”)达成了加速股票回购协议,回购总价值达7.5亿美元的亚什兰普通股。这些协议是亚什兰先前宣布的13.5亿美元股票回购计划的一部分。

根据股票回购协议,亚什兰同意从德意志银行和摩根大通回购总价值为7.5亿美元的普通股,预计立即能回收约590万股。

协议有效期至2015年6月30日,但由于市场等因素,回购交易可能会提前完成。

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