TransDigm (TDG), United Tech (UTX) Terminate $236M Asset Sales Agreement

December 6, 2012 5:01 PM EST
TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) announced today that the Company, its subsidiary, TransDigm Inc., and Goodrich Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), have mutually agreed to terminate the previously announced asset purchase agreement between them dated October 25, 2012, pursuant to which TransDigm would acquire the pump & engine control systems business of Goodrich (GPECS), for approximately $236 million in cash.

The termination follows notice by the Department of Justice that it objected to the transaction. Under a consent agreement between UTC and the Department of Justice, approval of the Department of Justice of the transaction was required and was in the Department of Justice's sole discretion.


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