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  • Bayer shareholder warns against overpaying for Monsanto

    Bayer shareholder Union Investment, a German mutual fund company, said it was bracing for Bayer paying more for Monsanto than what the German drugmaker is currently proposing, stretching the limits of what is acceptable. “The price that has now been disclosed is at the upper limit and it is just about economical,” Frankfurt-based portfolio manager…

  • Bayer announces $62 billion cash offer for Monsanto

    German drugs and chemicals group Bayer AG said it had made an offer to buy U.S. seeds company Monsanto Co for $122 per share in cash, or a total value of $62 billion including debt, to create the world's biggest agricultural supplier. Bayer said on Monday that the proposal made to Monsanto's management represented a…

  • Bayer shareholder warns against overpaying for Monsanto

    Bayer shareholder Union Investment, a German mutual fund company, said it was bracing for Bayer paying more for Monsanto than what the German drugmaker is currently proposing, stretching the limits of what is acceptable. “The price that has now been disclosed is at the upper limit and it is just about economical,” Frankfurt-based portfolio manager…