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Strategies & Market Trends : Speculating in Takeover Targets

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To: richardred who wrote (3226)	11/20/2012 10:45:08 AM
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Bayer should be looking after being rebuffed. Cyanotech Corp. (CYAN) looks interesting and has come down greatly. Insiders own a big chunk. It's on the watch list already but speculative appeal has gone up IMO. On the downside Cyanotech is a very small company which might limit its appeal. Health and nutrition has been a good target for acquirers. RE: Martek Biosciences and more recently, the $11.9 billion acquisition of Pfizer Inc.’s infant-nutrition unit by Nestles. DSM (NYSE Euronext: DSM KON) recently acquire Fortitech for total enterprise value of USD 634 million (about €495 million) in cash. (DSM bought my Martek). DuPont Acquires Enzyme Maker Danisco for $5.8 Billion I had Weider Nutrition (now Shiff) on the watch list when I owned Martek, but OH Well. I currently own SunOpta Inc. (STKL) for health and nutrition. Bayer shuns bidding war with Reckitt over Schiff Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:56am EST * Bayer: Outbidding Reckitt wouldn't meet its M&A criteria * Says to continue looking for bolt-on acquisitions * Reckitt offered $1.4 bln, above Bayer's $1.2 bln FRANKFURT, Nov 20 (Reuters) - German drugmaker Bayer AG gave up trying to buy Schiff Nutrition after Reckitt Benckiser made a higher offer for the U.S. vitamin maker. "Bayer AG's Board of Management has decided not to propose any increase" to its offer, the group said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published on Tuesday. Reckitt trumped Bayer's agreed $1.2 billion deal to buy Schiff with an offer of $1.4 billion for the U.S. vitamin maker. "Entering a competitive bidding process in response to the November 18 Proposal (Reckitt's bid) would result in a price outside Bayer's set financial criteria," the filing said. Bayer plans to continue its strategy to augment organic growth with strategic bolt-on acquisitions, it added. reuters.com

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