ChemChina [CNCC.UL] has won more than enough support from Syngenta shareholders to clinch its $43 billion takeover of the Swiss pesticides and seeds group, the two companies said on Friday. The deal, announced in...
ChemChina, Syngenta win U.S. antitrust approval for deal
The China National Chemical Corp, or ChemChina, has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy Switzerland’s Syngenta AG (SYNN.S) on condition that it divest three products, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday...
DuPont in asset deal with FMC, delays close of Dow merger
DuPont said on Friday it would buy a unit of FMC Corp and sell its crop protection business to the company to win European Union approval for its merger with Dow Chemical, and delayed the deal’s closing for the...
Wadias to buy out Solvay’s 25% stake in National Peroxide
Eight years after buying out French partner Danone from its flagship biscuit business, Nusli Wadia is now eyeing the stake of another European partner. Wadia Group, one of India’s oldest business conglomerates, has...
Dow Chemical-DuPont merger may impact competition
Fair trade regulator CCI has concluded that the proposed merger between Dow Chemical Company and DuPont is likely to have an “appreciable adverse impact on competition”. A public scrutiny of the mega deal...
Murugappa Group’s Coromandel in talks to buy Nagarjuna Fertilizers
The Murugappa Group’s Coromandel InternationalBSE 2.74 %, India’s biggest private-sector Phosphatic fertiliser company, is in talks to buy key urea producer Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals in one of the largest such...
Bayer, Monsanto start $2.5 billion asset sale to get merger clearance: sources
German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer and U.S. seeds company Monsanto are launching asset sales worth roughly $2.5 billion as they seek regulatory clearance for their $66 billion merger, people close to the matter...
Rentokil Initial forms a JV with Pest Control of India
Rentokil Initial has entered into a joint venture with Pest Control of India and acquired 57% stake in the JV, the company said Tuesday. As part of the transaction, both companies will merge its Indian business into the...
EU regulators set to clear Dow, DuPont deal: sources
Dow Chemical (DOW.N) and DuPont (DD.N) are set to win EU antitrust approval for their $130 billion merger, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, one of three mega deals in the agrochemicals industry...
Lohias of Indorama eye Kumar Mangalam Birla’s fertiliser arm Indo Gulf for $500-600 million
After initiating the Rs 60,000 crore mega-merger between Grasim and the diversified Aditya Birla NuvoBSE 1.30 % and a potential alliance between Idea Cellular and Vodafone to create India’s largest telco, Kumar Mangalam...
China’s Sinochem in early talks to buy stake in Noble Group – sources
China’s state-owned Sinochem is in early talks with Noble Group to buy an equity stake in the embattled trader, three sources familiar with the matter said, in a move that would help it gain access to the...
Syngenta sees ChemChina takeover closing in the second-quarter
Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta (SYNN.S) pushed back the expected closure of its agreed $43 billion takeover by ChemChina [CNNCC.UL] to the second quarter of 2017, but said it was making progress in winning...
