M&A Deal Summary

Bayer Acquires Monsanto

On September 14, 2016, Bayer acquired agriculture company Monsanto for 66.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bayer’s 2nd transaction in the Agriculture sector.
  • This is Bayer’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Bayer’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bayer’s 1st transaction in Missouri.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-09-14
Target Monsanto
Sector Agriculture
Buyer(s) Bayer
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 66.0B USD
Advisor(s) Morgan Stanley
Ducera Partners (Financial)
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (Legal)

Target

Monsanto

St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Bayer

Leverkusen, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1863
Sector Life Science
Employees98,189
Revenue 47.6B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Bayer office building in North Sydney, Australia.
Bayer office building in North Sydney, Australia.

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech polymer materials. As an innovation company, it sets trends in research-intensive areas. Bayer’s products and services are designed to benefit people and improve the quality of life. At the same time, the Group aims to create value through innovation, growth and high earning power. Bayer was founded in 1863 and is based in Leverkusen, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 20
Sector (Agriculture) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 17
State (Missouri) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 9
Year (2016) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-15 proPlant Gesellschaft für Agrar- und Umweltinformatik mbH

Münster, Germany

proPlant Gesellschaft für Agrar- und Umweltinformatik mbH is a plant health diagnosis and infection level warning service provider.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-04 Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica - Cydectin

St. Joseph, Montana, United States

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. - Cydectin includes CYDECTIN Pour-On, CYDECTIN Injectable and CYDECTIN Oral Drench. These endectocides with the active ingredient moxidectin offer persistent killing of internal parasites at multiple stages, including the most economically devastating parasite, Ostertagia ostertagi (brown stomach worm) and controls external parasites including lice, grubs and psoroptic mange mites on beef and dairy cattle.

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