投資者 拜耳對孟山都報價過低

Investors are signalling that Bayer will have to increase its $62bn offer for Monsanto if the German group is to win the US agribusiness and complete the biggest all-cash takeover on record.

投資者表示，如果拜耳(Bayer)想要拿下孟山都(Monsanto)、完成這筆史上規模最大的全現金收購交易，這家德國集團將不得不增加對收購這家美國農業企業的620億美元的報價。

A combination between the two would create the world’s largest supplier of seeds and agricultural chemicals, at a time when the sector is being reshaped by a wave of blockbuster deals.

兩家合併將締造全球最大的種子和農業化學品供應商，目前該行業正被一波重磅交易潮重塑。

Monsanto declined to comment on the offer, which many analysts expect it to reject as too low. The US company’s shares were trading up 5.27 per cent at $106.79 by early afternoon in New York, significantly below Bayer’s offer price. Bayer’s shares closed down 4.7 per cent.

孟山都拒絕就該報價置評，很多分析師預期它將拒絕該報價，稱其太低。昨日午後，這家美國企業在紐約的股價上漲了5.27%，明顯低於拜耳的收購報價。拜耳的股價收盤下跌4.7%。

However, Morningstar analyst Jeffrey Stafford said the fact Monsanto first saw the proposal on May 10 and had yet to respond could mean the board was “seriously considering the deal”.

然而，晨星(Morningstar)分析師傑弗裏•斯塔福德(Jeffrey Stafford)稱，孟山都首次看到收購要約是5月10日，至今尚未迴應可能意味着董事會“正在認真考慮這筆交易”。