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Proxy prelim: CF wins Terra board seats (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

CF Industries sweetens Terra bid (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

Agrium unfazed, CF 'distracted' (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

CF Industries gains steam with antitrust nod (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

Will Agrium raise CF Industries bid? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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 names dealmaker as Agrium waits (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

Agrium responds to CF Industries rejection (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

CF Industries, chasing Terra, gets $3.6B bid from Agrium (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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