Honeywell to Acquire Matrikon

霍尼韦尔收购Matrikon公司

May 13, 2010 – Honeywell signed an agreement valued at approximately $142 million USD (approximately $145 million CAD) to acquire Matrikon, a company specializing in software that helps industrial manufacturers operate their plants safely, reliably and efficiently. The acquisition will strengthen Honeywell’s position in the high-growth oil and gas and power value chains and increase its global footprint in key regions. The transaction is subject to approval by Matrikon’s shareowners.

2010年5月13日消息——霍尼韦尔宣布签署价值为1.42亿美元（约合1.45亿加元）合同收购Matrikon公司。Matrikon公司专注于软件研发，用以帮助工业制造商安全、可靠并高效地进行生产运营。此次收购将加强霍尼韦尔在高速增长的石油、天然气以及电力行业价值链中的地位，并扩展其在全球核心区域的应用。该笔交易还需得到Matrikon的股东批准。

Matrikon will be integrated into Honeywell Process Solutions, which is part of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions business group.

Matrikon将被归入霍尼韦尔自动化与控制解决方案集团旗下的霍尼韦尔过程控制部。

“Our industrial customers want their plants to run well in any economy, and Matrikon’s products help do that,” said Norm Gilsdorf, president of Honeywell Process Solutions. “Combining Matrikon’s technology and expertise with Honeywell’s industrial platform expands our offering to help customers continue to improve plant performance. This is a great addition to our business.”

霍尼韦尔过程控制部总裁Norm Gilsdorf表示：“我们的行业客户希望其工厂能够在各种经济环境下均运转良好，Matrikon的产品对我们有所帮助。将Matrikon的技术和专业知识与霍尼韦尔工业及解决方案平台结合，将扩展我们服务范畴，帮助用户提升工厂绩效，这对于我们的业务是一个极佳的增补。”

Matrikon will bring to Honeywell complementary applications that monitor oil and gas well performance and mining equipment, as well as supply chain solutions for mining. Matrikon’s cyber-security and alarm management solutions also align with Honeywell’s solutions for process safety and security.

Matrikon将为霍尼韦尔带来互补的应用，包括针对油气井状况和采掘设备监测应用，以及采矿业供应链解决方案。Matrikon网络安全以及报警管理解决方案同时会与霍尼韦尔过程安全和安防解决方案相结合。

Founded in 1988, Matrikon specializes in technology to manage production, optimize operations and monitor assets at industrial plants including oil and gas, refining, energy, power and mining companies. These products and solutions provide plant personnel actionable performance data to anticipate and correct problems, identify opportunities for improvement, share best practices and drive the action necessary to achieve and sustain operational objectives. Matrikon’s sales were approximately $80 million USD for the 12 month period ending in February 2010.

成立于1988年的Matrikon专注于工厂的管理生产、优化运营以及资产监控技术，涉足行业包括石油天然气、精炼、能源、电力以及采矿行业。其提供产品以及解决方案为工厂人员提供可操作的运行数据来预测并纠正错误，鉴别改进机会，分享最佳实践并采取必要行动以实现并保持运营目标。在2010年2月前的12个月里，Matrikon销售额大约为8千万美元。

Nizar J. Somji, president and chief executive officer of Matrikon stated: “This combination is a tremendous opportunity for all Matrikon stakeholders, our shareowners, clients and employees. We believe that the path we embarked on with our next generation technology and our product and solution strategy blends well with Honeywell’s technology vision. This will enable our talented workforce to continue to realize global opportunities for large scale solution deployments and will provide the foundation to support our vision of long-term technology partnerships with customers.”

Matrikon总裁兼首席执行官Nizar J. Somji表示：“这一联合将为所有的Matrikon利益相关者，我们的股东，客户以及员工提供极大的机遇。我们相信我们所从事的下一代技术以及我们的产品和解决方案战略与霍尼韦尔的技术远景相得益彰。这将帮助我们才华横溢的员工继续在全球大型工程解决方案实施中不断发现机遇，同时为实现我们与客户长期技术合作伙伴关系的远景提供了基础。

In addition, entities related to Nizar Somji, the president and CEO of Matrikon, have also granted an option to Honeywell to acquire their outstanding shares at a price of $4.50 CAD per share, exercisable at any time after July 12, 2010, until nine months from the date hereof.

此外，与Matrikon总裁兼首席执行官Nizar J. Somji相关的实体，同时授权霍尼韦尔于2010年7月12日后，可以每股4.5加元于任何时间收购其已发行股票，直至此公告后9个月为止。

Honeywell International is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell’s shares are traded on the New York, London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. Honeywell Process Solutions is part of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions group, a global leader in providing product and service solutions that improve efficiency and profitability, support regulatory compliance, and maintain safe, comfortable environments in homes, buildings and industry.

霍尼韦尔国际是一家位列财富100强的多元化技术和制造行业的领先企业。在全球，其业务涉及航空产品和服务，楼宇、家庭和工业控制技术、汽车产品、涡轮增压器、以及特殊材料。霍尼韦尔公司总部位于美国新泽西州莫里斯镇，公司股票在纽约、伦敦和芝加哥股票交易所上市交易。霍尼韦尔过程控制部隶属于霍尼韦尔自动化与控制集团， 作为全球领先的产品和解决方案供应商，霍尼韦尔过程控制部帮助全球家庭、楼宇建筑以及工业企业提升效率以及利润率、协助符合法律规范、确保安全并创建舒适的环境。