Dow Chemical, continuing efforts to mend its balance sheet in the wake of its Rohm & Haas purchase, says it has raised enough cash through asset sales and bond issues to pay down the balance of a $9.3-billion bridge loan used to fund the deal. Announced asset sales and a new $3.75 billion bond issue will allow the company to repay the bridge loan ahead of schedule, Dow says. The company also named Petronas as the buyer of its stake in the Optimal Group of companies, sold acrylics assets in Texas, outlined plans for further asset sales, and announced the departure of former R&H COO Pierre Brondeau in a flurry of activity over the past two weeks.
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机译：陶氏化学（Dow Chemical）在收购罗门哈斯公司（Rohm＆Haas）后继续努力改善其资产负债表，该公司表示已通过资产出售和债券发行筹集了足够的现金，以偿还用于为该交易提供资金的93亿美元过桥贷款的余额。陶氏表示，已宣布的资产出售和新发行的37.5亿美元债券将使该公司能够提前偿还过渡贷款。该公司还指定Petronas作为其在Optimal Group of Company中的股份的买方，出售了得克萨斯州的丙烯酸类资产，概述了进一步资产出售的计划，并宣布前R＆H首席运营官Pierre Brondeau在过去两年的一系列活动中离职周。
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