THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016
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PASTA DURUM DUMPING? | TURKISH CONTENTIOUS ISSUE P6
SERVING WESTERN CANADIAN FARM FAMILIES SINCE 1923
A LOOK AT CHEMCHINA’S CHEMCHINA SNAPSHOT (before purchasing Syngenta): • Produces basic and specialty chemicals and chemical equipment, oil processing, tire and rubber products and agro chemicals
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• Has 140,000 employees in 150 countries • Posted $38.4 billion (US) in sales in 2014 • Recent acquisitions include Adisseo (2006), Adama (2011), Pirelli (2015) and Krauss Maffei (2016)
BILLION (US) BID FOR SYNGENTA: SYNGENTA SNAPSHOT • Produces herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, seed/ seed-care products, turf, garden and public health products
Syngenta ranked first in total market share of crop protection product with sales of
Bayer
18%
BASF
13%
Dow
$11.4 billion
10%
(US) in 2014:
• Has 28,000 employees in 90 countries
Syngenta
20%
Monsanto
• Posted $15.1 billion in sales in 2014
other
DuPont
Syngenta ranked third in total market share of seed with sales of
$3.2 billion (US) in 2014:
Bayer
3%
Dow
4%
Syngenta
8%
DuPont
20%
9%
23%
7%
other
39%
Monsanto
26%
Source: Syngenta, ChemChina | MICHELLE HOULDEN GRAPHIC
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ACQUISITIONS
ChemChina buys Syngenta US$43 billion deal will preserve choice for its customers, says Syngenta chief operating officer SASKATOON NEWSROOM
Growers should be happy that ChemChina is acquiring Syngenta instead of Monsanto, says Syngenta’s chief operating officer. “What is particularly pleasing about this particular outcome from my point of view is that it helps to preserve choice for growers at a time when in our industry we’re seeing a lot of consolidation,” Davor Pisk told reporters during a conference call. Syngenta’s board of directors has unanimously approved ChemChina’s cash offer valued at more than US$43 billion to acquire 100 percent of Syngenta’s shares. The transaction requires approval by two-thirds of Syngenta’s shareholders. It also requires regulatory approval. Pisk expects the
deal to close before the end of 2016. ChemChina is the largest chemical corporation in China. The stateowned firm generated $45 billion of sales in 2015 and ranks 265th on the Fortune 500. Monsanto had been in discussions with Syngenta for a share and cash offer worth $47 billion. However, Pisk said its competitor did not table a formal offer. “With a merger between Monsanto and Syngenta we would have had one less player in an industry that is already now getting further concentrated following the Dow and DuPont announcement,” he said. Dow and DuPont announced in December they were merging to form DowDuPont with a combined value of $130 billion. SEE CHEMCHINA, PAGE 4
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Syngenta chief operating officer Davor Pisk, left, sits with Ren Jianxin, chair of China National Chemical Corp., at a news conference at Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, Feb. 3. The purchase marks a setback for U.S. firm Monsanto, which failed to buy Syngenta last year. | REUTERS/ARND WIEGMANN PHOTO
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