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Chemtura's failed private equity experiment

Filed under: Major movement, Private equity, Dow Chemical (DOW), Blackstone Group L.P (BX)

For deals of $2 billion or less, private equity firms are showing interest. However, the problem is: cheap valuations.

<>This is what the board at Chemtura (NYSE: CEM) found out the hard way. Late last year, the company retained Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) to explore "strategic alternatives." While some private equity firms showed interest - like Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) and Apollo Management LP -- there wasn't much appetite to pay a premium. So, Chemtura has ended the process. Instead, the company wi...
By  Tom Taulli   (+0.00%)  06/27/08 Comment


Chemtura rises on Blackstone, Apollo buyout chatter

Filed under: Private equity, Blackstone Group L.P (BX)

Chemtura Corporation (NYSE: CEM), a chemical company, is the result of a merger of Crompton Corporation and Great Lakes Chemical Corporation back in 2005. Since then, the company has been "right-sizing" and "right-shaping" its organization with divestitures as well as more acquisitions. Some of the company's core competencies include plastic additives, seed treatments, pool and spa products, and urethane polymers.

<>Well, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal [subscription], it looks like The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) and <>Ap...
By  Tom Taulli   (+0.00%)  05/27/08 Comment


Pre-Open Movers 5/27: Chemtura (CEM) Up on Takeover Reports, Favrille (FVRL) Sinks After Drug Fails
StreetInsider.com Pre-Open Movers:

Favrille, Inc. (Nasdaq: FVRL) 78% LOWER; announced results from the Company's Phase 3 registration trial of Specifid following Rituxan in patients with follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Analysis of time to progression, the primary endpoint in the trial, failed to show a statistically significant improvement in the treatment arm, Specifid plus Leukine following Rituxan, compared to the control arm, placebo plus Leukine following Rituxan. Analysis of all subgroups also did not show any significant differences in primary or secondary endpoints when ad...
By  Street Insider   (+14.43%  risk: moderate)  05/27/08 Comment


Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 5/27 (GE, CEM, CEDC)
StreetInsider.com Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day:<><>Shares of Chemtura Corporation (NYSE: CEM) are higher this morning on reports from the Financial Times, private equity firms Blackstone Group and Apollo Management are in talks to acquire the chemical maker.The reports said the parties are still negotiating over price and the private equity firms are working on lining up financing, so the deal is still far from certain.In December, Chemtura said its Board of Directors has authorized management to consider a wide range of strategic alternatives. Chemtura hired Merrill Lynch as its...
By  Street Insider   (+14.43%  risk: moderate)  05/27/08 Comment


Four-Day Trading Week

Good morning. Premarket futures are pointing to a mixed start as oil prices rally on Nigerian attacks, recession talk by both Warren Buffett and Alan Greenspan, and M&A chatter surrounding Anheuser-Busch (BUD) & Chemtura (CEM). In addition, after UBS warned yesterday of more losses, analysts have been cutting the earnings outlook for some key names in the financials this morning.

Premarket gainers: ASTI, NGAS, CSUN, ESLR, SPF, AKNS, SOLF, CEDC, CEM, SUTR, STP, TASR, KONG, SEED, BUD, OMNI, & ANIK.

<>Premarket losers: FVRL, UBS, LEH, FTK, IOSP, AMCP, MRVL, NOK, VVUS, CHL, CPSL, IFX, QGEN, ...
By  charleskirk   (+0.00%)  05/27/08 Comment



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