M&A Deal Summary

Monsanto Acquires American Seeds

On November 16, 2004, Monsanto acquired business services company American Seeds

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Monsanto’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Monsanto’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Monsanto’s 1st transaction in Missouri.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-11-16
Target American Seeds
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Monsanto
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

American Seeds

St. Louis, Missouri, United States
American Seeds LLC is a provider of supporting services to regional seed businesses with capital, genetics, and technology investments.

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Buyer

Monsanto

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Agriculture
Employees22,500
Revenue 15.0B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Monsanto's corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.
Entrance to Monsanto's corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.

Monsanto Co. is a chemical and agricultural biotechnology company offering farmers a wide range of corn, soybean, cotton, wheat, canola, sorghum and sugar cane seeds. Monsanto was formed in 2000 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 11
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 10
State (Missouri) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 9
Year (2004) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-05-25 NutraSweet Property Holdings

Augasta, Georgia, United States

NutraSweet is a provider in the high-intensity sweetener industry and the largest producer of aspartame. With its introduction of aspartame in 1983, NutraSweet revolutionized the high-intensity sweetener market with its superior taste, proven safety record and functionality which has enabled food and beverage companies to incorporate aspartame in a broad variety of products. Today, aspartame is sold in over 100 countries and used in over 5,000 products by over 250 million people. With a sweetness potency 200x that of sugar's, aspartame is projected to continue its growth worldwide as food and beverage companies reduce reliance on sugar.

Sell $440M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-24 Seminis Vegetable Seeds

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. is a developer, producer, and marketer of vegetable and fruit seeds.

Buy $1.4B
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