Insights and Stories on Takeover

Pot producer Jushi acquires U.S. retailer in cheaper deal

Sep. 13, 2021 at 5:35 pm CDT

Reuters — Cannabis producer Jushi Holdings acquired Massachusetts-based retailer Nature’s Remedy at a cheaper price than initially offered, as valuation of weed companies across North America has dramatically dropped lately. The decline in valuations over the last few months has been largely due to a lack of progress on anticipated […]

Kansas City Southern accepts new CN bid over CP’s

May. 13, 2021 at 3:49 pm CDT

By greg-roumeliotis

Input Capital takeover falls through

Nov. 2, 2020 at 3:24 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Aphria says proposed hostile bid undervalues company

Dec. 29, 2018 at 12:09 am CST

By Reuters

U.S. hostile play launched for Ontario pot producer Aphria

Dec. 27, 2018 at 5:41 pm CST

By Reuters

Bunge names Syngenta CEO to board under deal with activist investors

Dec. 5, 2018 at 9:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Bunge Ltd. appointed the CEO of agrichemicals company Syngenta to its board on Wednesday as part of an agreement with activist investors D.E. Shaw and Continental Grain Co. The global grains trader named J. Erik Fyrwald as a director, as it navigates low crop prices and […]

By Reuters

With deal to close this week, Bayer to retire Monsanto name

Jun. 4, 2018 at 1:35 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Germany’s Bayer will wrap up the US$63 billion takeover of Monsanto on Thursday and also retire the U.S. seed and chemical firm’s 117-year-old name. The German drugmaker had received all required approvals from regulatory authorities, it said in a statement on Monday. “Bayer will remain the […]

By Ludwig Burger

Bayer wins U.S. nod for Monsanto deal to create ag giant

May. 29, 2018 at 3:34 pm CDT

Frankfurt/Washington | Reuters — Bayer won U.S. approval for its planned takeover of Monsanto after agreeing to sell about US$9 billion in assets, clearing a major hurdle for the US$62.5 billion deal that will create by far the largest seeds and pesticides maker. Makan Delrahim, who heads the U.S. Justice […]

By diane-bartz Ludwig Burger

Bayer petitions Russian antitrust watchdog for more time in Monsanto case

Feb. 14, 2018 at 5:00 pm CST

Frankfurt/Moscow | Reuters — Bayer has taken Russia’s competition regulator to court over the watchdog’s investigation into the company’s planned takeover of Monsanto, a further hiccup in the US$64 billion deal amid intense antitrust scrutiny. A Bayer spokesman said the German company was petitioning the court in Russia to be […]

By Ludwig Burger Polina Devitt

Brazilian antitrust agency approves Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

Feb. 7, 2018 at 4:44 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian antitrust agency Cade on Wednesday approved Bayer’s proposed takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto without requiring further asset sales beyond a global proposal announced last October. Cade’s commissioners voted 4-2 in favour of the tie-up under an agreement, negotiated between the companies and global antitrust […]

By Bruno Federowski Leonardo Goy

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Insights and Stories on Takeover

Pot producer Jushi acquires U.S. retailer in cheaper deal

Kansas City Southern accepts new CN bid over CP’s

Input Capital takeover falls through

Aphria says proposed hostile bid undervalues company

U.S. hostile play launched for Ontario pot producer Aphria

Bunge names Syngenta CEO to board under deal with activist investors

With deal to close this week, Bayer to retire Monsanto name

Bayer wins U.S. nod for Monsanto deal to create ag giant

Bayer petitions Russian antitrust watchdog for more time in Monsanto case

Brazilian antitrust agency approves Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

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