Bayer makes offer to Monsanto to create largest German takeover
德国拜耳公司提议收购孟山都公司创德国最大收购案
German drug and crop chemicals group Bayer has offered to buy U.S. seed company Monsanto for $62 billion in cash, defying criticism from some of its own shareholders in a bid to grab the top spot in a fast-consolidating farm supplies industry. If accepted, the unsolicited proposal, which includes debt, would be the largest takeover by a German company.
德国药品及农业化学公司拜耳提议一个收购案，计划以620亿美元现金收购美国种子公司孟山都。为了占领日益加速发展和整合的农业供应市场的高地，拜耳公司无视部分股东的反抗及批评。如果通过了这个提议，包括公司的债务，这将成为德国最大的企业收购案。
Monsanto, which said last week it had been approached by Bayer, gave no details and has yet to comment on the offer. Antitrust experts see an overlap in the seeds business, particularly in soybeans, cotton and canola. Bayer’s LibertyLink line of weed killers are an important alternative for farmers suffering from weeds that have grown resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. Global agrochemicals companies are racing to consolidate, partly in response to a drop in commodity prices that has hit farm incomes and because of the growing convergence between the seed and pesticide markets.
孟山都公司生成在上个周末已经会晤过拜耳公司，但是没有透露任何详细信息及相关评论。反垄断专家看到了一些垄断在种子市场，特别是在大豆，棉花和菜籽油方面。拜耳在除草剂方面的自由产业链提供给了农民其他的选择以应对杂草对孟山都除草剂日益增强的抗药性。全球的农化学品公司竞相联合起来，部分产品的价格下跌和日益联合起来的种子和农药产业使得农民的收入收到打击。
