Security

What Now for Honeywell & UTC as Proposed Deal Fails to Get Off the Ground?

It’s been widely reported that Honeywell and UTC have been exploring the possibility of a merger. However it seems UTC rejected Honeywell’s $90 billion offer on grounds that the deal will never win US and EU antitrust approval. Since then Honeywell have made a vigorous counter statement insisting that regulatory obstacles need not prevent the merger suggesting it may still pursue UTC. Is this the only reason UTC are so far playing hard to get? Or are there other mitigating circumstances… In our recent article “How Will the Johnson Controls / Tyco Deal Play Out?” we suggested that the JCI / Tyco deal could well be challenged and amongst potential suitors we suggested that companies like UTC could now be analysing this merger both as a threat to their existing Fire and Security Operation or an opportunity to buy and significantly increase their market share. The irony of the proposed UTC deal may have be […]

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