14.12.2015
- Three days after rumors surfaced of a possible merger between Dow and DuPont, the US chemical giants confirmed the all-stock deal, which they said would create a new entity named...
10.12.2015
- News of a possible mega-merger between US chemical giants Dow and DuPont dominated the headlines on Dec. 9 after the newspaper Wall Street Journal, citing sources close to the...
26.10.2015
- DuPont is said to be looking outside the company for a new chief executive to replace Ellen Kullman, who resigned with effect from Oct. 16. The chemical giant’s directors...
07.10.2015
- Just months after splitting off its Performance Chemicals business into a new company, Chemours, in part due to pressure from an activist investor, DuPont could be headed for a...
15.05.2015
- DuPont has emerged bloody but apparently unbowed from its battle with activist shareholder Nelson Peltz and his $11 billion hedge fund Trian Fund Management, which owns an...
05.05.2015
- DuPont has come under even more intensive pressure in its battle with activist shareholder Nelson Peltz and his hedge fund Trian. Following the lead of Institutional Shareholder...
28.04.2015
- Nelson Peltz, the activist shareholder owner of hedge fund Trian Fund Management, which is pressing for DuPont to split into two companies, has gained a powerful backer in proxy...
05.03.2015
- DuPont has rejected a request from activist investor Nelson Peltz and his hedge fund Trian to use a universal ballot in an upcoming vote on candidates for the chemical producer's...