linde/boc Gas leak

The market has long thought a deal between BOC and Linde makes sense. So now that Linde has finally made a move on its UK industrial gas rival, why has BOC rejected it? After all, there is some logic to the deal. There are five big players in industrial gases. Putting the two together would create the second largest gas company, within spitting distance of industry leader, Air Liquide. BOC has leading market shares in the UK. and Asia, while Linde has a large presence in Germany. As there is l...