Heinz buys French condiments company 

SEC ends investigation of General Mills' sales practices

New name: The Hershey Company

Monsanto buys Seminis

General Mills Inc

The Hershey Company

Kraft Foods Inc

SEC_CODE_REF_0090001192884

Tyson Foods Inc

Monsanto acquires world's largest maker
of vegetable and fruit seeds

• $1.4 billion in cash and assumed debt,
  plus a contingent valuation right (CVR)
• Reverse triangular merger

Advisors

• Monsanto: Willkie Farr
• Seminis: Wachtell

Announced 1.22.05

• Form 8-K

Completed 3.23.05

• Press release
• Form 8-K

Agreements

• Merger agreement

Industries