Bayer CropScience AG - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Bayer CropScience AG M&A Summary

Bayer CropScience AG has acquired 10 companies. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Bayer CropScience AG’s largest acquisition to date was in 2012, when it acquired AgraQuest for $425M. Bayer CropScience AG has acquired in 5 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include agriculture (56%) and food (23%).

Bayer CropScience AG Business Overview

Where is Bayer CropScience AG headquartered?

Bayer CropScience AG is headquartered in Monheim am Rhein, Germany.

What sector is Bayer CropScience AG in?

Bayer CropScience AG is an agriculture company.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity13
    • M&A Buy Activity9
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8

Bayer CropScience AG

Alfred-Nobel-Strasse 50,
Monheim am Rhein, 40789
Germany,
49 2173 38 0
www.cropscience.bayer.com

Bayer CropScience AG is a crop science company in the areas of seeds, crop protection, and non-agricultural pest control.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 9 - - - - - 9
vol $1.2B $1.2B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 1 - - - - 4
  13

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
SeedWorks India Pvt. Ltd. 2020-09-01 - Divestiture
Hyderabad, India · www.seedworksindia.com
Bayer CropScience AG - Metominostrobin 2017-01-30 - Divestiture
, Japan
SeedWorks India Pvt. Ltd. 2015-06-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Hyderabad, India · www.seedworksindia.com
FN Semillas S.A. 2013-12-31 - Add-on Acquisition
Salto, Argentina · www.fnsemillas.com.ar
AgraQuest, Inc. 2012-08-16 425M USD Add-on Acquisition
Davis, California · www.agraquest.com
Abbott & Cobb, Inc. - Watermelon and Melon Seed Business 2012-07-02 48M EUR Divestiture
Feasterville, Pennsylvania
Raps GbR 2011-10-11 29M EUR Add-on Acquisition
Grundhof, Germany · www.rapsgbr.com
Hornbeck Seed Co., Inc. 2011-04-01 34M EUR Add-on Acquisition
DeWitt, Arizona
Bayer - Cotton Defoliant 2010-07-21 - Divestiture
, Germany
Athenix Corp. 2009-11-04 365M USD Add-on Acquisition
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Agriculture 5 (56%) 422M (35%) 2 (50%) -
Food 2 (22%) - 1 (25%) -
Chemicals 1 (11%) 425M (35%) 1 (25%) -
Life Science 1 (11%) 365M (30%) - -
Total 9 $1.2B 4 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 5 1.2B - -
  Pennsylvania 1 48M - -
  North Carolina 1 365M - -
  Colorado 1 310M - -
  California 1 425M - -
  Arizona 1 34M - -
Germany 1 29M 2 -
India 1 - 1 -
Argentina 1 - - -
Japan - - 1 -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (11%) 29M (2%) 2 (50%) -
Cross-border 8 (89%) 1.2B (98%) 2 (50%) -
Total 9 $1.2B 4 -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $1.1B
< $100M 3 $112M
TOTAL $1.2B
Largest AgraQuest, Inc.
$425M (2012-08-16)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
1 (11%)
Strategic(s)
22%
2 (22%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)
Strategic(s)
75%
3 (75%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Agriculture

Subsidiary of

Bayer

Former Name

Aventis CropScience AG

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