M&A Deal Summary

DuPont Acquires Danisco A/S

On January 9, 2011, DuPont acquired food company Danisco A/S for 6.3B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DuPont’s 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is DuPont’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is DuPont’s 1st transaction in Denmark.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-01-09
Target Danisco A/S
Sector Food
Buyer(s) DuPont
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 6.3B USD
Advisor(s) Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking (Financial)

Target

Danisco A/S

Copenhagen, Denmark
Danisco A/S is a Danish bio-based company with activities in food production, enzymes and other bioproducts as well as a wide variety of pharmaceutical grade excipients.

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Buyer

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 8 of 20
Sector (Food) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 10
Country (Denmark) 1 of 1
Year (2011) 2 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-03 MECS

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

MECS, Inc. is a provider of proprietary process technology, specialty products and technical services to the global sulfuric acid industry which serves the agricultural (phosphate fertilizer), energy (oil refinery), non-ferrous metallurgical and chemical process markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-25 DuPont Innovalight

Sunnyvale, California, United States

DuPont Innovalight engages in manufacturing and selling silicon ink. DuPont Innovalight is based in Sunnyvale, California.

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