据知情人士透露，印度农用化学品生产商 UPL Ltd. 正在探索以超过 $40 亿美元的价格收购 Platform Specialty Products Corp 的农用化学品业务，以扩大其全球足迹。 Reuters.com 上的一篇报道.
The bid would challenge a rival offer for the unit by a private equity consortium of Blackstone Group LP and CVC Capital Partners Ltd, the sources said on Monday. A competitive bid would be a boon for Platform Specialty and its biggest shareholder, William Ackman’s hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management LP, which owns 14.5 percent of the company.
Platform Specialty’s shares jumped as much as 6.4 percent after publication of the news. The shares were trading up 3.4 percent at $13.41 in New York on Monday in the early afternoon, giving the company a market capitalization of $3.8 billion.