官宣|賽萊默以75億美元收購懿華

今年1月23日，賽萊默（xylem）與懿華（Evoqua）宣布，雙方已達(dá)成一項(xiàng)最終協(xié)議，賽萊默將交易的方式收購Evoqua，交易價(jià)值約為75億美元。

據(jù)華盛頓--美國商業(yè)資訊--的水處理技術(shù)公司（“賽萊默"或“公司"）賽萊默公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：XYL）今天宣布，已完成對(duì)任務(wù)關(guān)鍵型水處理解決方案和服務(wù)Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.（“Evoqua"懿華）的收購。此次合并創(chuàng)造了先進(jìn)的功能平臺(tái)，以應(yīng)對(duì)客戶和社區(qū)的關(guān)鍵水資源挑戰(zhàn)。

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the combined company becomes the world’s largest pure-play water technology company, with $7.3 billion in pro forma revenue and more than 22,000 employees globally. Xylem’s unmatched portfolio of innovative solutions across the water cycle, including advanced technologies, integrated services, and deep application expertise, will help customers in utilities, industrial and commercial end markets address their most pressing water needs.

合并后的公司總部位于華盛頓特區(qū)，成為大的純水技術(shù)公司，預(yù)估收入達(dá) 73 億美元，在全球擁有 22000 多名員工。賽萊默在整個(gè)水循環(huán)領(lǐng)域的創(chuàng)新解決方案組合，包括先進(jìn)技術(shù)、綜合服務(wù)和深厚的應(yīng)用專業(yè)知識(shí)，將幫助公用事業(yè)、工業(yè)和商業(yè)終端市場(chǎng)的客戶解決他們最緊迫的用水需求。

“Global awareness of water as a systemic risk to society has never been greater. Investment in water solutions continues to accelerate as communities and businesses around the world address intensifying challenges like water scarcity, quality and resilience to climate change – and how to address these issues in an affordable way," said Patrick Decker, President and CEO of Xylem. “Our combination with Evoqua creates a transformative global platform to solve these critical water challenges at an even greater scale. Together, we are uniquely positioned to help meet customers’ mission-critical needs with an unmatched portfolio of products and services across the water cycle."

“全球?qū)λ鳛樯鐣?huì)系統(tǒng)性風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的認(rèn)識(shí)從未如此強(qiáng)烈。隨著世界各地的社區(qū)和企業(yè)應(yīng)對(duì)水資源短缺、質(zhì)量和氣候變化抵御能力等日益嚴(yán)峻的挑戰(zhàn)，以及如何以可承受的方式解決這些問題，對(duì)水解決方案的投資繼續(xù)加速?！拔覀兣c懿華的合并創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)變革性的全球平臺(tái)，以更大的規(guī)模解決這些關(guān)鍵的水資源挑戰(zhàn)。我們共同具有的優(yōu)勢(shì)，可以通過在整個(gè)水循環(huán)中提供產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)組合，幫助滿足客戶的關(guān)鍵任務(wù)需求。

“Today is an exciting milestone as we formally welcome our new colleagues to Xylem and bring the power of our combined capabilities to bear for our customers and communities every day. Our complementary portfolios and end market exposure position us even more strongly for growth together, as we solve our customers’ water challenges and help make our communities more water-secure."

“今天是一個(gè)激動(dòng)人心的里程碑，因?yàn)槲覀冋綒g迎新同事加入賽萊默，并每天為我們的客戶和社區(qū)帶來我們綜合能力的力量。我們互補(bǔ)的產(chǎn)品組合和終端市場(chǎng)敞口使我們更加堅(jiān)定地共同增長，因?yàn)槲覀兘鉀Q了客戶的用水挑戰(zhàn)，并幫助我們的社區(qū)更加用水安全。

The combined company's executive leadership team will be led by Patrick Decker and include senior leaders from both Xylem and Evoqua. Xylem has also appointed Lisa Glatch and Lynn C. Swann, former Evoqua directors, to serve as members of its Board of Directors. Glatch brings a strategic and financial perspective and more than 30 years’ experience in senior leadership roles across the public and private sectors in the energy, chemicals, environmental, water and transportation industries. Swann has held various leadership roles across business, government, and philanthropic organizations and is an experienced member of public company boards.

合并后公司的執(zhí)行領(lǐng)導(dǎo)團(tuán)隊(duì)將由Patrick Decker領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，包括來自賽萊默和懿華的高級(jí)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。賽萊默還任命懿華前董事Lisa Glatch和Lynn C. Swann擔(dān)任董事會(huì)成員。Glatch擁有戰(zhàn)略和財(cái)務(wù)視角，在能源、化工、環(huán)境、水和運(yùn)輸行業(yè)的公共和私營部門擔(dān)任高級(jí)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)職務(wù)已有30多年的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。Swann 曾在商業(yè)、政府和慈善組織中擔(dān)任過各種領(lǐng)導(dǎo)職務(wù)，并且是上市公司董事會(huì)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的成員。

（從左到右）賽萊默總裁兼執(zhí)行官Patrick Decker和Evoqua總裁兼執(zhí)行官Ron Keating

Under the terms of the transaction, each share of Evoqua common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.48 of a share of Xylem common stock. This results in Xylem shareholders owning approximately 75 percent and Evoqua shareholders owning approximately 25 percent of the combined company on a fully diluted basis.

根據(jù)交易條款，每股懿華普通股轉(zhuǎn)換為獲得0.48股賽萊默普通股的權(quán)利。這導(dǎo)致賽萊默股東擁有約75%的股份，而懿華股東在攤薄的基礎(chǔ)上擁有合并后公司約25%的股份。

“Our acquisition of Evoqua creates a transformative global platform to address water scarcity, affordability and resilience at even greater scale," said Patrick Decker, President and CEO of Xylem. “The combined company delivers a portfolio of advanced technologies, integrated services and application expertise across the water cycle."

賽萊默總裁兼執(zhí)行官Patrick Decker表示：“我們對(duì)Evoqua的收購創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)變革性的全球平臺(tái)，以更大規(guī)模地解決水資源短缺、可負(fù)擔(dān)性和韌性問題?！昂喜⒑蟮墓驹谡麄€(gè)水循環(huán)中提供先進(jìn)技術(shù)、綜合服務(wù)和應(yīng)用專業(yè)知識(shí)組合。

“This combination provides a platform to leverage our combined strengths and increase our impact to better address the most pressing and increasingly complex global water challenges," said Ron Keating, President and CEO of Evoqua.

懿華總裁兼執(zhí)行官Ron Keating表示：“此次合并提供了一個(gè)平臺(tái)，可以利用我們的綜合優(yōu)勢(shì)并擴(kuò)大我們的影響力，以更好地應(yīng)對(duì)最緊迫和日益復(fù)雜的全球水資源挑戰(zhàn)。

Lazard and Guggenheim Securities served as financial advisors and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP served as legal advisor to Xylem. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and BofA Securities served as financial advisors and Jones Day served as legal advisor to Evoqua.

Lazard和Guggenheim Securities擔(dān)任賽萊默的財(cái)務(wù)顧問，Gibson， Dunn & Crutcher LLP擔(dān)任賽萊默的法律顧問。高盛（Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC）和美銀證券（BofA Securities）擔(dān)任懿華的財(cái)務(wù)顧問，眾達(dá)律師事務(wù)所（Jones Day）擔(dān)任懿華的法律顧問。

值得注意的是，據(jù)GWI根據(jù)全球水業(yè)主要公司(含項(xiàng)目開發(fā)商、水務(wù)運(yùn)營商、EPC承包商、技術(shù)公司)2020年的水務(wù)估算收入所進(jìn)行的排名，賽萊默以約49億元的水務(wù)收入。賽萊默收購Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.(“Evoqua"懿華)后，預(yù)估收入為73億美元。

Xylem Analytics is part of Xylem Inc, a global water technology provider focused on solving the world's most challenging and fundamental water problems. Because accurate analysis is critical to the water industry, Xylem Analytics leverages its various product solutions and takes a leading role in the analysis of quantitative and qualitative measurement parameters in the water sector.Xylem Analytics offers suitable meters and accessories for the most important water measurement values such as pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, salinity and temperature.

賽萊默分析是賽萊默公司的一部分，賽萊默公司是一家全球水技術(shù)提供商，致力于解決具挑戰(zhàn)性和最根本的水問題。由于準(zhǔn)確分析對(duì)水行業(yè)至關(guān)重要，賽萊默分析利用其各種產(chǎn)品解決方案，在水務(wù)行業(yè)定量和定性測(cè)量參數(shù)分析中發(fā)揮主導(dǎo)作用。賽萊默分析為最重要的水測(cè)量數(shù)據(jù)（如pH、電導(dǎo)率、溶解氧、鹽度和溫度）提供合適的儀表和附件。

Xylem Analytics (Xylem Analytical Instruments) has YSI, SonTek, WTW, OI Analytical, Aanderaa, MJK, ebro, Bellingham+Stanley, SI, Global Water and other brands, and its product line effectively covers all segments of physical and chemical and biological detection of water environment. Today, our products are contributing to the water quality monitoring of the marine environment, surface water, sewage/wastewater, municipal environmental protection, medicine, food and beverage and other fields in many countries around the world.

Xylem Analytics（賽萊默分析儀器）旗下YSI、SonTek、WTW、OI Analytical、Aanderaa、MJK、ebro、Bellingham+Stanley、SI、Global Water等品牌，產(chǎn)品線有效覆蓋水環(huán)境的物理和化學(xué)、生物檢測(cè)的各個(gè)細(xì)分環(huán)節(jié)。時(shí)至今日，我們的產(chǎn)品正在全天候地為全球多個(gè)國家的海洋環(huán)境、地表水、污/廢水、市政環(huán)保、醫(yī)藥、食品與飲料等領(lǐng)域的水質(zhì)監(jiān)測(cè)事業(yè)做出貢獻(xiàn)。

About Xylem

關(guān)于賽萊默

Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to solving the world’s critical water, wastewater, and water-related challenges through technology, innovation, and expertise. Our more than 22,000 diverse employees delivered combined pro forma revenue of $7.3 billion in 2022. We are creating a more sustainable world by enabling our customers to optimize water and resource management and helping communities in more than 150 countries become water-secure.

賽萊默（XYL）是一家水技術(shù)公司，致力于通過技術(shù)、創(chuàng)新和專業(yè)知識(shí)解決世界上關(guān)鍵的水、廢水和水相關(guān)挑戰(zhàn)。我們 22000 多名多元化員工在 2022 年實(shí)現(xiàn)了 73 億美元的預(yù)估收入。我們正在創(chuàng)造一個(gè)更加可持續(xù)的世界，使我們的客戶能夠優(yōu)化水資源管理，并幫助 150 多個(gè)國家/地區(qū)的社區(qū)實(shí)現(xiàn)用水安全。