23.09.2016
- At a hearing held by the US Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Sept. 20, executives of five companies involved in the current round of mergers in the global agrochemicals industry –...
07.09.2016
- Bayer has upped its offer for Monsanto to $127.50 a share, still about $3-4 per share short of the $131-per-share, analysts think the US rival may be holding out for. Monsanto’s...
24.08.2016
- Bayer and Monsanto have made considerable progress toward a deal of some kind, with an announcement likely within two weeks, sources have told the news agency Bloomberg. In recent...
22.08.2016
- The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has cleared ChemChina’s proposed takeover of Swiss seeds giant Syngenta. Although hailed as a major step forward...
20.07.2016
- Monsanto has rejected Bayer’s sweetened takeover offer of $125 per share, or around $65 billion, calling it “financially inadequate to ensure deal certainty.” The US group repeated...
19.07.2016
- Israel’s Discount Investment has agreed to sell a 40% share in crop protection company Adama Agricultural Solutions to ChemChina for $1.4 billion, including debt, thus giving the...
13.07.2016
- ChemChina has again extended, this time until Sept. 13, its $43 billion tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta as well as all...
30.06.2016
- CEO Hugh Grant surprised Monsanto’s earnings press conference on Jun. 29 with remarks that the US seeds giant is in talks with Bayer and “other companies” regarding “alternative...
