Insights and Stories of Ludwig Burger

Nov. 19, 2015 at 1:48 pm CST

Frankfurt | Reuters — Syngenta and other major seeds and crop chemicals companies are intensively discussing tie-ups, the Financial Times quoted the Swiss firm’s chairman as saying Wednesday, adding to a chorus of voices predicting a sector shake-up. Conversations among the leading players in the industry are “extremely active,” the […]

By Ludwig Burger

Jul. 27, 2015 at 3:30 pm CDT

Frankfurt/Reuters – Syngenta has said a $2 billion break-up fee that unwanted U.S. suitor Monsanto has pledged to pay if its proposed $45 billion merger failed would only apply in limited cases, leaving its shareholders exposed to the bulk of regulatory risks. Swiss Syngenta, the world’s largest maker of farming […]

By Ludwig Burger

Jul. 9, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Shareholders in takeover target K+S say a deal could be done because suitor PotashCorp’s main aim is to get control over its German rival’s ambitious Canadian project and scale it back. K+S’s Legacy mine, being built northeast of Moose Jaw near Bethune, Sask., would be the […]

By Andreas Kroner, Ludwig Burger

Jul. 2, 2015 at 3:26 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters –– German potash miner K+S rejected PotashCorp’s 7.9 billion-euro (C$11 billion) takeover bid Thursday, saying it was too low and the Canadian suitor could be planning to dismantle the company, putting jobs at risk. K+S, owner of the Morton Salt brand, said the proposal lacked firm commitments […]

By Ludwig Burger

Jun. 26, 2015 at 3:47 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters –– Shares in German potash miner K+S leapt as much as 40 per cent on Friday after a takeover proposal from Canada’s PotashCorp, which sources close to the matter said was worth close to eight billion euros (C$11 billion). K+S, which would become the first German blue-chip […]

By Arno Schuetze, Ludwig Burger