Mergers, acquisitions and divestments subtopic
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| United States : Terra Rejects CF Industries Latest Takeover Offer. |
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Dec 16, 2009 |
282 |
| Recent Merger Settlements In Canada. |
Hutton, Susan |
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Nov 25, 2009 |
379 |
| Nufarm Ltd. acquires two sorghum seed companies, TX-based Richardson Seeds Ltd. and MMR Genetics Ltd. |
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Sep 1, 2009 |
68 |
| United States : Agrium extends CF bid deadline. |
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Aug 18, 2009 |
212 |
| Dow AgroSciences LLC (DAS) acquires Renze Hybrids Inc., Carroll, IA, and Brodbeck Seed, Wabash, IN. |
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Nov 1, 2008 |
230 |
| Dow AgroSciences LLC (DAS) acquires Dairyland Seed Co. |
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Sep 1, 2008 |
106 |
| Finance chief capitalizes on cyclical industry. |
Dzinkowski, Ramona |
Interview |
Sep 1, 2008 |
1752 |
| Agrium Inc. announces the successful completion of its acquisition of UAP Holding Corp. |
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Jun 1, 2008 |
33 |
| Agrium Inc. enters into an exclusive agreement to acquire a 70% equity position in Common Market Fertilizers S.A. (CMF), one of Western Europe's largest fertilizer distribution companies. |
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May 1, 2008 |
74 |
| Agrium Inc. reaches an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the terms of a consent decree which Agrium says it is optimistic will allow for the closing of the acquisition of UAP Holding Corp. |
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May 1, 2008 |
100 |
| Advanta India Ltd, Bangalore, India, through its subsidiaries, acquires the entire business of Garrison & Townsend L.P. (G&T). |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
40 |
| American Vanguard Corp acquires a production facility in Marsing. |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
14 |
| Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc., (MANA) acquires the rights to Chemtura Corp's Diamond, a broad-spectrum cotton and sugarcane insecticide offering a unique mode of action. |
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Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
70 |
| Dow AgroSciences LLC announces it has acquired assets of the Austrian affiliate of Maize Technologies International (MTI), an Austrian based corn seed company, including its breeding programs, germplasm, and related technology, as well as ownership of MTI's French affiliate and other related assets. |
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Jun 1, 2007 |
102 |
| Growing interest. |
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Brief article |
Jan 29, 2007 |
73 |
| DuPont and Bayer CropScience announce an agreement in which DuPont Crop Protection will acquire access to the Bayer CropScience products isoxadifen and isoxaflutole for use with DuPont's corn sulfonylurea products, including Steadfast, Accent, Stout and Resolve brands. |
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Brief article |
Oct 1, 2006 |
84 |
| FMC and Bayer CropScience announce that Bayer CropScience has acquired the rights to FMC's insecticides discovery pipeline. |
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Brief article |
Sep 1, 2006 |
90 |
| Syngenta announces it has entered into an agreement to acquire Conrad Fafard, Inc. (Fafard), a leading North American producer of packaged growing media to professional ornamental growers and the consumer retail market. |
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Brief article |
Sep 1, 2006 |
214 |
| Delta and Pine Land (D&PL), Scott, MS, announces it has acquired Syngenta's global cotton seed business, comprised of certain operations and assets in India, Brazil, Europe, and in the United States. |
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Brief article |
Jun 1, 2006 |
96 |
| Chemtura Corporation, Middlebury, CT, announces the acquisition of the Trace Chemicals business from Bayer CropScience. |
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Brief article |
May 1, 2006 |
91 |
| Chase Corporation Acquires Concoat Holdings Limited. |
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Oct 17, 2005 |
320 |
| Monsanto has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire fruit and vegetable seed company Seminis for $1.4 billion in cash and assumed debt, plus a performance-based payment of up to $125 million payable by the end of fiscal year 2007. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 31, 2005 |
70 |
| Syngenta. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2005 |
92 |
| Syngenta and the investment company Fox Paine have completed the acquisition of Advanta BV with the final transfer of ownership, following all regulatory approvals. |
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Brief Article |
Oct 1, 2004 |
42 |
| Syngenta, Basel, Switzerland, and Fox Paine, San Francisco, will acquire Advanta BV from AstraZeneca of the UK and Royal Cosun of the Netherlands for a consideration of EUR400 million. |
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Brief Article |
Jun 1, 2004 |
196 |
| Gustafson's technology gaining attention. |
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Interview |
Jun 1, 2004 |
718 |
| Bayer CropScience LP bought Crompton Corp.'s 50% stake in the Plano. |
Virta, Erin |
Brief Article |
May 1, 2004 |
79 |
| Bayer CropScience LP in the United States and Bayer CropScience Inc. in Canada purchase Crompton Corporation's 50 percent share of the Gustafson seed treatment business in the United States, Canada and Mexico for the price of $124 million in cash. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2004 |
94 |
| Syngenta strengthens its broad portfolio of corn seeds products with the acquisition of corn-breeding material from CHS Research LLC. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 1, 2004 |
56 |
| ConAgra Foods Inc. of Omaha continues its transition from an agriculture to packaged foods company by selling its farm supply business, United Agri Products, to a private group led by management and a New York-based investment firm, Apollo Management, for $600 million in cash and securities. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 10, 2003 |
77 |
| BASF, Research Triangle Park, N.C., has sold the compound acifluorfen to United Phosphorus Ltd., Trenton, N.J. |
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Brief Article |
Oct 1, 2003 |
90 |
| Ridley Inc., headquartered in Mankato, Minn., and Winnipeg, Manitoba, will divest its remaining swine genetics business, Cotswold Swine Genetics (CSG), operating in North America. |
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Brief Article |
Sep 1, 2003 |
61 |
| Bayer CropScience AG. (Marketing News). |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2003 |
93 |
| Bayer AG is in talks with Aventis SA over a reduction in the price it paid last year for agrochemicals business Aventis CropScience, due to inaccuracies in documents filed by Aventis. (At Closing News). |
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Brief Article |
Apr 1, 2003 |
98 |
| Bayer CropScience AG, Monheim, Germany, announces plans to sell a package of insecticides and fungicides to BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany. (Marketing News). |
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Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2003 |
78 |
| Makhteshim Agan, New York, has signed agreements to acquire or license several products from Bayer CropScience, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, pending approval of the European Commission. (At Closing News). |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2002 |
77 |
| Arvesta Corporation, San Francisco, Calif., announces the acquisition of EVEREST[R] Herbicide from Bayer CropScience of Monheim, Germany, conditioned upon approval by the Federal Trade Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau. (Marketing News). |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2002 |
94 |
| Japan's largest chemical maker, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., will sell its agricultural chemicals business in October to agrochemicals maker Nihon Nohyaku Co. Ltd. (At Closing News). |
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Brief Article |
Oct 1, 2002 |
67 |
| Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, a Japanese agrochemical company, agreed to buy certain assets from Monsanto Co., St. Louis, for use in the Japanese market. (Marketing News). |
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Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2002 |
60 |
| The European Union cleared Bayer AG's 6.4 billion purchase of Aventis SA's agrochemical unit pending "substantial divestitures" by Bayer. (At Closing News). |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2002 |
110 |
| SePRO Corporation, Carmel, Ind., completed the purchase of the worldwide rights of flurprimidol plant growth regulator from Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis. |
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Feb 1, 2002 |
93 |
| Pharmacia Corporation's board of directors has authorized the company to spin off its Monsanto agricultural subsidiary in the second half of 2002. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2002 |
114 |
| Bayer CropScience: integration of Bayer and Aventis `has to occur seamlessly.' (View From The Top). |
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Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2002 |
565 |
| Scynexis Chemistry & Automation. (Research Triangle Park). |
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Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2002 |
41 |
| Eco Soil Facing Possibility of Liquidation. |
Allen, Mike |
Brief Article |
Dec 17, 2001 |
465 |
| Dow Chemical Co., Indianapolis, has closed the acquisition of Rohm and Haas Co.'s agricultural chemicals unit for about $1 billion. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2001 |
75 |
| MARKETING NEWS. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2001 |
452 |
| AT CLOSING NEWS. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2001 |
556 |
| MARKETING NEWS. |
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Brief Article |
Oct 1, 2000 |
689 |
| The Scotts Company Completes Acquisition of European Lawn and Garden Care Businesses. |
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Oct 7, 1998 |
571 |
| Scotts Clarifies Statements Regarding AgrEvo. |
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Oct 2, 1998 |
217 |
| The Scotts Company Acquires Finale Brand Herbicide From AgrEvo. |
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May 18, 1998 |
679 |
| Novartis completes USD 910 million acquisition of Merck's crop protection business. |
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Jul 3, 1997 |
254 |
| BASF announces agreement to buy portion of worldwide corn herbicide business of Sandoz. |
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Sep 27, 1996 |
182 |
| U.S. Home & Garden announces letter of intent. |
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May 13, 1996 |
407 |
| FIRST MISSISSIPPI CORP. RECEIVES FAVORABLE TAX RULING. |
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May 2, 1995 |
282 |
| Uniroyal Chemical. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 1995 |
108 |
| Sumitomo Chemical. |
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Brief Article |
Oct 1, 1991 |
69 |
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