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[24] [25] The merger was completed on 1 September 2017. [26] On 4 October 2016, Micro Focus announced it had acquired Gwava Inc., an enterprise information archiving business. [27] On 19 March 2018, Micro Focus shares fell 55% to 849p after the company warned of a sharp fall in revenue; its chief executive, Chris Hsu, resigned. [28]
Syngenta rejecteded another unsolicited offer from Monsanto, worth $45 billion, with management saying it undervalued the company and a merger would carry significant risks. Monsanto offered to acquire the company at a price of 449 Swiss francs per Syngenta share, with approximately 45% of the price paid in cash.
Lists of corporate mergers and acquisitions include both takeovers and mergers of corporations. Most are organized by the main company involved in the transactions.
Merger of the Chinese state-controlled ChemChina and Sinochem in a deal reported to be worth $120 billion. [408] The merger would create the largest entity in the industrial chemicals industry, overtaking BASF.
In a friendly takeover, the management doesn't usually change, and the takeover works to the benefit of the target company. In a hostile takeover there may be an attractive public offer for the shares, or unsolicited merger proposals for the management, accumulation of controlling shares through buying in the open market, or proxy fights.
In business, consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into a few much larger ones. In the context of financial accounting, consolidation refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group company as consolidated financial statements.
Vertical integration is often closely associated with vertical expansion which, in economics, is the growth of a business enterprise through the acquisition of companies that produce the intermediate goods needed by the business or help market and distribute its product.
An example of horizontal integration in the food industry was the Heinz and Kraft Foods merger. On 25 March 2015, Heinz and Kraft merged into one company, with the deal valued at $46 billion. On 25 March 2015, Heinz and Kraft merged into one company, with the deal valued at $46 billion.