14.08.2017
- AkzoNobel has won a second court case against US activist investor Elliott Advisors. An Amsterdam district court ruled on Aug. 10 that the coatings producer does not have to call a...
23.03.2017
- US paints and coatings giant PPG Industries is doubling down on its efforts to bring AkzoNobel to the negotiating table. After the Dutch rival rejected its first bid, the...
10.03.2017
- All in one day, Dutch coatings specialist AkzoNobel revealed on Mar. 9 that it had received an unsolicited takeover offer from US rival PPG and was looking at spinning off its...
06.09.2016
- At its next meeting on Sept. 14, the supervisory board of Germany’s Bayer may discuss whether to up the ante on its latest takeover offer for Monsanto, worth $64 billion, to...
10.11.2015
- A federal district court judge in New York has ruled that Mylan can continue its hostile takeover bid for Perrigo. In the case heard by the court, Perrigo claimed Mylan had made...
12.04.2015
- Generic drugmaker Mylan has made an offer of $ $28.86 billion in stock and cash to acquire rival Perrigo. A merger of the two major players would create a leader in specialty drugs...
14.01.2011
- French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis hopes to reach a takeover deal that would value U.S. target Genzyme at around $76 per share, or some $20 billion, the French daily newspaper Le...