Sept 14 (Reuters) – Pentair Inc, a U.S. maker of
filters and pumps, said Friday its shareholders voted to approve
its planned $4.6 billion merger with Tyco International Ltd’s
flow-control unit.
The deal is part of a bigger, complicated break-up of Tyco,
whose shareholders are expected to approve a three-way split
that will create a new publicly-traded company in Tyco’s
security services arm ADT, while combining Tyco’s commercial
fire and security arms into a new, smaller Tyco. Results of
Tyco’s shareholder vote are expected on Monday.
Former Tyco shareholders will own 52.5 percent of the new
company, which will be called Pentair, and continue to trade
under Pentair’s “PNR” symbol on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company will have about $8 billion in annual revenue,
roughly doubling Pentair in size and making it the largest
player in its sector.
Shares of ADT are expected to be listed under the ticker
“ADT” on the NYSE.
