66 billion dollars, Germany Bayer acquisition United States genetically modified agriculture giant Monsanto-Bayer, Monsanto-IT information

IT news , September 15, Germany Bayer announced on Wednesday, to $ 66 billion in cash to buy United States Monsanto, after the merger, Bayer will become the world's largest producer of seeds and pesticides.

Bayer said in a statement released on Wednesday, will pay Monsanto's stock $ 128 per share cash price, deals valued at $ 66 billion. The deal will set a scale most mergers and acquisitions so far this year, as well as Germany's biggest overseas acquisitions.

The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2017; if the deals eventually terminated because of antitrust, Bayer promised to pay Monsanto $ 2 billion in termination of transaction costs. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, five banks have agreed to provide $ 57 billion bridge loan.

In a joint statement, the two companies said after the deal was completed over the next three years the company is expected to save $ 1.5 billion a year in spending.

Statistics show that Monsanto Company (Monsanto Company) is a multinational agricultural biotechnology Corporation, is the world's transgenic agricultural giants. Bayer was Germany the pharmaceutical and chemical giant, is also the world's second-largest crop protection product manufacturing company. Also known as the aspirin and the birth control pill Yasmin (Yasmin) manufacturer.

660亿美元，德国拜耳收购美国转基因农业巨头孟山都 - 拜耳,孟山都 - IT资讯

IT资讯9月15日消息，德国拜耳周三宣布，将以660亿美元现金收购美国孟山都，两者合并后，拜耳将成为全球最大的种子和农药生产商。

拜耳在周三发布的公告中称，将支付每股孟山都股票128美元的现金作价，交易总价值达到660亿美元。这笔交易将创下今年以来并购规模之最，同时也是德国史上最大一笔海外公司收购案。

该交易预计将在2017年底前完成；如果交易最终因反垄断而终止，拜耳承诺会向孟山都支付20亿美元的终止交易费用。美银美林、瑞信、高盛、汇丰、摩根大通等五家银行同意提供570亿美元过桥贷款。

在联合声明中，两家公司表示，该交易完成后，在未来三年公司预计每年会节省15亿美元的开支。

资料显示，孟山都公司（Monsanto Company）是一家跨国农业生物技术公司，是全球转基因农业巨头。拜耳是德国制药和化工巨头，也是世界第二大作物保护产品生产公司。也是我们熟知的阿司匹林以及避孕药优思明（Yasmin）的制造商。