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Dow, DuPont set $130 billion megamerger, could spark more deals
2015-12-12 09:19:19| Chemicals - Topix.net
Chemical titans DuPont and Dow Chemical Co have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger valued at $130 billion in a first step toward breaking up into three separate businesses, a move that pleased activist investors and could trigger more consolidation. The "deal of three centuries," as Wells Fargo analyst Frank Mitsch dubbed it, combines two of the biggest and oldest U.S. chemical producers and will generate cost and tax savings.
Dow CEO rewards former Citi banker Klein with $130 bln deal prize
2015-12-12 05:04:39| Chemicals - Topix.net
Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris participates in a business leaders panel discussion as part of the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington, in this August 5, 2014 file photo. Michael Klein, the former Citigroup Inc investment banking chief, landed a leading role advising Dow Chemical Co on its $130 billion merger with DuPont as a result of the relationship he carefully developed with Dow CEO Andrew Liveris.
The agitators behind Dow, DuPont, Yahoo moves
2015-12-12 02:38:03| Food - Topix.net
In this Aug. 16, 2006 file photo, Nelson Peltz addresses Heinz shareholders during the annual meeting in Pittsburgh. Trian Fund Management, run by Peltz, who helped push DuPont and Dow together on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, a year after he argued the 200-year-old DuPont should be broken up into two companies.
The agitators behind Dow, DuPont, Yahoo moves
2015-12-12 00:54:31| Chemicals - Topix.net
Behind the $130 billion merger of Dow and DuPont and the impending breakup of Yahoo were large investment firms that were agitating for change. These firms, known as activist investors, buy enormous numbers of shares in companies they think are not performing well and then use that power to influence corporate strategy.
Dow, DuPont, Yahoo moves show how influence of activist investors shapes corporate decisions
2015-12-12 00:54:30| Chemicals - Topix.net
Behind the $130 billion merger of Dow and DuPont and the impending breakup of Yahoo were large investment firms that were agitating for change. These firms, known as activist investors, buy enormous numbers of shares in companies they think are not performing well and then use that power to influence corporate strategy.
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