Olin and Huntsman announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Olin's registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") on July 13, 2026. This Registration Statement relates to the previously announced all-stock merger of equals, and the merged company will be renamed OlinHuntsman upon completion of the transaction. Shareholders of both Olin and Huntsman will vote on the proposed merger on August 25, 2026. Separate extraordinary general meetings will be held for voting; Olin's meeting will be held at 8:00 a.m. Central Time, and Huntsman's meeting at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. According to the joint final proxy statement released by Olin and Huntsman on July 13, 2026, the merger may proceed in two different ways, subject to shareholder approval. One approach is a direct merger: Huntsman merges directly into Olin, with Olin as the surviving entity. The other approach is a merger through a subsidiary: Olin's wholly-owned subsidiary, Olympus Merger Sub, Inc., merges with Huntsman, with Huntsman surviving as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Olin. In the second step, this surviving company immediately merges into another wholly-owned subsidiary of Olin, Hook Merger Sub LLC, ultimately surviving as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Olin. A direct merger requires approval from more than two-thirds of Olin's shareholders and more than half of Huntsman's shareholders; a subsidiary merger requires approval from more than half of Olin's shareholders and more than half of Huntsman's shareholders. Regardless of whether the transaction is completed through a direct merger or a subsidiary merger, Huntsman shareholders receive the same consideration: each Huntsman common share is exchanged for 0.5476 Olin common shares.
