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American Vanguard Acquires Bayer - Cotton Defoliant

On July 21, 2010, American Vanguard acquired agriculture company Bayer - Cotton Defoliant from Bayer CropScience AG

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is American Vanguard’s 1st transaction in the Agriculture sector.
  • This is American Vanguard’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-07-21
Target Bayer - Cotton Defoliant
Sector Agriculture
Buyer(s) American Vanguard
Sellers(s) Bayer CropScience AG
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Bayer - Cotton Defoliant

Germany
cotton defoliant product Tribufos (sold under the trade name Def®) Def and Folex are fast and effective cotton defoliants that facilitate the removal of leaves surrounding the cotton boll and in combination with other products function as a harvest aid.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

American Vanguard

Newport Beach, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Chemicals
Employees845
Revenue 579M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

American Vanguard is a diversified specialty and agricultural chemical products company focusing on crop protection, turf and ornamental markets, and public health applications. American Vanguard was founded in 1969 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 14
Sector: Agriculture M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 6
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-17 Chemtura - Fungicide Product Line

United States

Chemtura - Fungicide Product Line helps to Expands Presence in Turf & Ornamental Segment of American Vanguard Corp. The Turfcide® and Terraclor® brands are used to control a wide range of diseases in turf & ornamental applications, certain agricultural crops, and as a component of seed treatment dressingsb

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Wilmington, Delaware, United States

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DuPont) - Global Bromacil Herbicide Business include the Bromacil Hyvar® and Krovar® trademarks, product registrations, product registration data, customer information, access to certain know-how, technical registrations and associated registration data outside of North America.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Bayer CropScience AG

Monheim am Rhein, Germany
Category Company
Sector Agriculture
DESCRIPTION

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

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector: Agriculture M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 4
Country: Germany M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-04 Athenix

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States

Athenix Corp. is specialized in the development of genetically altered crops. Athenix was founded in 2000 and is based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

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DeWitt, Arizona, United States

Hornbeck Seed Co., Inc. is a provider of soybean, rice, and wheat varieties in the southern United States and has an in-house soybean breeding program and a proprietary soybean germplasm.

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