M&A Deal Summary

American Vanguard Acquires E. I. du Pont de Nemours - Global Bromacil Herbicide Business

On April 29, 2015, American Vanguard acquired chemicals company E. I. du Pont de Nemours - Global Bromacil Herbicide Business from DuPont

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is American Vanguard’s 2nd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is American Vanguard’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is American Vanguard’s 1st transaction in Delaware.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-04-29
Target E. I. du Pont de Nemours - Global Bromacil Herbicide Business
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) American Vanguard
Sellers(s) DuPont
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

E. I. du Pont de Nemours - Global Bromacil Herbicide Business

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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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

American Vanguard

Newport Beach, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Chemicals
Employees845
Revenue 579M USD (2023)
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 3 of 14
Sector (Chemicals) 2 of 11
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 6
State (Delaware) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 8
Year (2015) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-21 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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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-06 ADAMA Agricultural Solutions - Crop Protection Product Lines

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. - Crop Protection Product Lines includes abamectin, chlorothalonil and paraquat.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

DuPont

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Category Company
Founded 1802
Sector Chemicals
Employees24,000
Revenue 12.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to DuPont's corporate headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.
Entrance to DuPont's corporate headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.

DuPont is a global chemicals provider and is involved across a range of disciplines, including agriculture and industrial biotechnology, chemistry, biology, materials science and manufacturing. DuPont operates globally and offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food, building and construction, electronics and communications, general industrial, and transportation. DuPont is based in Wilmington, Delaware.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 20
Sector (Chemicals) 6 of 9
Type (Divestiture) 11 of 17
State (Delaware) 4 of 9
Country (United States) 12 of 18
Year (2015) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-22 Taxon Biosciences

Tiburon, California, United States

Taxon Biosciences, Inc. is a microbiome discovery company. Taxon is a microbial genomics platform to solve critical challenges in agriculture, energy and health sciences. The company holds a broad intellectual property estate in the field of microbial consortia and microbial genomics products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-01 Chemours

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Chemours provides performance chemicals by operating three reporting segments: Titanium Technologies, Fluoroproducts, and Chemical Solutions. Chemours' Titanium Technologies segment is a global producer of titanium dioxide (TiO2), a premium white pigment used to deliver whiteness, brightness, opacity, and protection in a variety of applications. Chemours' Fluoroproducts segment is a global provider of fluoroproducts, such as refrigerants and industrial fluoropolymer resins. Its' Chemical Solutions segment is a North American provider of industrial and specialty chemicals used in gold production, oil refining, agriculture, industrial polymers, and other industries. Chemours was founded in 2014 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

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