08.10.2019
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its € 5.8 billion acquisition of US-based Versum Materials. The Darmstadt-headquartered pharmaceuticals and chemicals producer said the buy makes...
20.06.2019
- A special meeting of Versum’s shareholders has approved the takeover of the company by Merck KGaA. The approval ratifies an Apr. 12 agreement that sees the German chemicals and...
14.04.2019
- Merck KGaA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Versum Materials for $53 per share in cash after the plans received the green light from the German group’s executive board...
09.04.2019
- Unless something highly unexpected happens, it looks as if Germany’s Merck KGaA has clinched the prize it was seeking, the takeover of US electronics industry supplier Versum...
27.03.2019
- Merck KGaA is continuing its quest to foil the merger plans of US electronic materials producer Versum with compatriot Entegris and buy Versum itself. The German pharmaceuticals...
13.03.2019
- Turning up the heat in its battle to acquire electronic materials manufacturer Versum, Germany’s Merck KGaA has filed a preliminary proxy statement with the US Securities and...
11.03.2019
- Entegris and Versum Materials continued to hold onto plans for a $4 billion all-stock merger late last week as Germany’s Merck KGaA continued trying to wedge the two US companies...
28.02.2019
- The Board of Directors of Tempe, Arizona-based electronic chemicals supplier Versum Materials has rejected Merck's unsolicited and non-binding proposal to acquire Versum for $48...
