ChemChina and Sinochem are consolidating their agricultural assets into a new holding company to be called Syngenta Group, ChemChina unit Syngenta said on Sunday. Chen Lichtenstein, current president and CEO of Shenzhen...
Chinese envoy says Syngenta takeover was a bad deal: report
Beijing’s ambassador to Switzerland said ChemChina’s $43 billion takeover of seed and agrochemicals firm Syngenta was a mistake, adding he would have tried to stop the 2017 deal had he been in Bern at the time, a...
Crystal Crop may acquire 3 brands of Syngenta India
Crystal Crop Protection Ltd, a specialty chemicals company, is acquiring three brands of Syngenta India Ltd as the company continues its focus on inorganic opportunities to pursue growth, said two people with direct...
Chinese-owned Syngenta eyes Bayer assets to bolster seeds
Switzerland’s Syngenta, the crop protection company acquired by ChemChina, has vowed to bulk up its seeds business and join the chase for assets rival Bayer must sell to gain regulatory approval for its takeover...
Bank of China main backer as ChemChina raises $20 billion for Syngenta deal
ChemChina has raised $20 billion mainly in perpetual bonds to finance its purchase of Swiss seeds firm Syngenta (SYNN.S), with Bank of China becoming the single largest investor providing half of that funding, according...
As Syngenta deal closes, ChemChina and Sinochem press $120 billion deal: sources
Chinese state-owned Sinochem and ChemChina are in merger talks to create the world’s biggest industrial chemicals firm, to be headed by Sinochem chief Ning Gaoning, four people with knowledge of the negotiations...
ChemChina clinches landmark $43 billion takeover of Syngenta
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...
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...
EU set to approve ChemChina’s $43 billion bid for Syngenta: sources
ChemChina [CNNCC.UL] is set to secure conditional EU antitrust approval for its $43 billion bid for Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta (SYNN.S), the largest foreign acquisition by a Chinese company, two people...
Actelion, Syngenta takeovers set to shake up Swiss SMI index
The looming foreign takeovers of biotech group Actelion and agrochemicals firm Syngenta look set to trigger the biggest shake-up in the Swiss blue-chip SMI index.SSMI in years just as passive investing makes membership...
EU regulators delay ChemChina/Syngenta merger decision to April 12
European Union antitrust regulators have extended the deadline for a decision on ChemChina’s proposed buy of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta by 10 working days to April 12. Syngenta said in a statement...