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Hostile acquirer CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) is closer to getting its target, rival fertilizer maker Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA), which voted out its chairman according to a preliminary proxy count in New York. On Friday, CF said all three of its director nominees were elected to Terra's board. Chairman...
Posted on November 20, 2009 2:45 PM
Putting to rest what some thought was a weak attempt at a hostile bid, CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) rejected the best and final offer of Canadian fertilizer rival Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU). Agrium raised the cash portion of its bid from $40 per share to $45 per share. The stock...
Posted on November 6, 2009 9:08 AM
On Tuesday, hostile bidder CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) sent a letter directly to Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA) telling it to vote in favor of the three proposed independent nominees to Terra's board on Nov. 20. CF Industries pointed out its new $4.1 billion offer for the fertilizer rival...
Posted on November 4, 2009 8:47 AM
Here's another update in a three-way fertilizer M&A battle. Deerfield, Ill.-based CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) is now offering to acquire Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA) for $32 in cash and .1034 of a share of CF Industries common stock for each Terra share (including the $7.50 per share special dividend...
Posted on November 1, 2009 9:15 PM
Undaunted by constant rejections, Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU) extended its hostile $4.1 billion bid for CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) from Aug. 19 to Sept. 22. And Agrium president and CEO Mike Wilson reissued a statement: "Despite the fact that CF continues to ignore a clear mandate to conclude a transaction,...
Posted on August 17, 2009 2:40 PM
As it expected, CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) said the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger waiting period for its hostile $3.7 billion (The Deal questions that value) offer for Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA) has expired. Terra's board said it will consider CF's latest proposal at a meeting to be held prior to the...
Posted on August 6, 2009 9:14 AM
Deerfield, Ill.-based fertilizer maker CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) said it is prepared to raise its twice-rejected takeover offer for Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA), a producer of nitrogen fertilizer, crop protection products, seed and services for farmers. The new offer is valued at about $3.7 billion.Two things come to...
Posted on August 5, 2009 1:06 PM
CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CF) has named a new dealmaker. Lynn White is joining the company as vice president of corporate development, succeeding Anthony Will, who became VP of manufacturing and distribution earlier this year.White joins CF in the midst of a hostile takeover attempt by Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU),...
Posted on June 3, 2009 9:32 AM
Purfresh Inc. has hired Arturo Gomez as vice president of corporate development to help the company develop and execute global expansion strategies. Gomez (pictured) joins Purfresh from John Deere Water Technology, where he led global development for an agronomic product.Purfresh provides technologies that purify, protect and preserve food and water....
Posted on June 2, 2009 10:46 AM
Canadian fertilizer maker Agrium Inc. (TSX and NYSE: AGU), the largest retailer to U.S. farmers, is annoyed with CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CF), which rejected its twice-sweetened $4.2 billion takeover bid. The current bid stands at $40 in cash and one Agrium share for each of CF, whose share...
Posted on May 18, 2009 9:37 AM
What's going on in the agricultural supply world?Canadian fertilizer maker Agrium Inc. (TSX and NYSE: AGU) made an unsolicited $3.6 billion cash and stock bid to acquire CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CF). Meanwhile, on Monday, CF Industries went hostile in its $2.1 billion bid for Sioux City, Iowa-based Terra...
Posted on February 25, 2009 11:31 AM
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