Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. are in advanced talks to merge, in a
tie-up that would cap off the strongest year ever for takeovers and
would come amid a surge of deal activity in the agriculture industry.
The chemical giants, which have a market capitalization of about $60
billion each, could announce a merger in coming days, people familiar
with the matter said. It would be followed by a three-way breakup of the
combined company, they said, a common approach to mergers and
acquisitions of late. Dow’s Chief Executive Andrew Liveris is expected
to be executive chairman of the new company, with DuPont Chief
ExecutiveEdward Breen keeping that title. A deal has not yet been inked
and the talks could fall apart, the people cautioned.
Should it come to fruition, a combination of the companies, each more
than a century old, would be one of the biggest in a year marked by big
deals. So far, companies have struck some $4.35 trillion of takeovers in
2015, in recent days eclipsing 2007 as the top year on record for
deals, according to Dealogic.
It would create a giant with more than $90 billion in combined sales and
strong positions in everything from plastics to industrial chemicals
and agriculture.
Under pressure from shareholders to slim down and focus on
faster-growing units, both companies have been restructuring their
businesses by shedding some of the products that made them famous.
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