Air Products bond sale knocked sideways by activist Ackman
Air Products and Chemicals, the US industrial gases group, announced its first euro bond issue for six years on Wednesday morning, but what looked set to be a strong and easy sale was thrown off track just as the book was closing when news broke that activist hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management had bought a 9.8% stake in the company.
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