rohm and haas

Dow Chemical agrees to buy Rohm and Haas for more than US$15 billion (Dow-Rohm-and-Haas)

NEW YORK _ Dow Chemical Co. says it has agreed to buy specialty chemicals maker Rohm and Haas for $78 per share, or more than $15 billion.Based on the per-share purchase price and the roughly 196 million shares Rohm and Haas had outstanding as of April 22, the deal would be worth about $15.29 billion.Dow Chemical values the deal at $18.8 billion including debt, and says Warren Buffett`s Berkshire Hathaway and the Kuwaiti Investment Authority are investing in the arrangement.The price represents read

Rohm and Haas Acquisition Makes Dow World's Leading Chemical

Dow Chemicals pays $18.8 billion for Rohm and Haas making this transaction a pivotal point in Dow's transformation. read

Deals of the Day: How Do You Finance a Deal? Call Buffett

Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing. For breaking deal news, turn to the WSJ’s Deals & Deal Makers page, or click here to automatically sign up for Deals Alert emails. Mergers & Acquisitions Dow Chemical: The chemical maker agreed to buy coatings and electronic-materials company Rohm and Haas in an all-cash deal valued at $15.3 billion, signaling a possible consolidation wave in the chemicals industry. Dow is offering a read

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Buffett Invests in Dow Chemical (DOW)

Berkshire's (BRK.A) Warren Buffett finally sees the light!!! Dow Chemical (DOW) said today that it has agreed to buy Rohm and Haas (ROH), the specialty chemical maker, for about $18.8 billion in cash with the help of Buffett. Dow will pay $78 a share in cash, a 74 percent premium over Rohm and Haas’s closing price on Wednesday. Rohm and Haas will continue to do business under its own name, and it will maintain its headquarters in Philadelphia. The new company will be the nation’s largest mak read