AkzoNobel Slammed the Door on a Buyout and Got Crushed
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- Akzo Nobel, a Dutch multinational paint company, suffered the worst single-day trading collapse in its corporate history on Wednesday, with its shares plunging 19% in Amsterdam.
- AkzoNobel’s board had summarily rejected their €12.5 billion (about $14.5 billion) all-cash alternative, choosing instead to protect its pre-existing $25 billion merger-of-equals agreement with U.S.
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Akzo Nobel, a Dutch multinational paint company, suffered the worst single-day trading collapse in its corporate history on Wednesday, with its shares plunging 19% in Amsterdam. The violent sell-off was triggered after Japan’s Nippon Paint Holdings and American heavyweight The Sherwin-Williams Company released a joint statement confirming they have permanently terminated their hostile, multi-billion-euro pursuit of the company.
AkzoNobel’s board had summarily rejected their €12.5 billion (about $14.5 billion) all-cash alternative, choosing instead to protect its pre-existing $25 billion merger-of-equals agreement with U.S. competitor Axalta Coating Systems.