Chris Pultz

State-owned ChemChina has officially made an aggressive $43 billion bid for Swiss seeds and pesticides company Syngenta AG (ADR) (NYSE: SYT). Following confirmation of the deal, Benzinga had the chance to speak with Chris Pultz of the Kellner Merger Fund regarding the possibility that the deal...

This week’s $14 billion merger between Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE: JCI) and Tyco International demonstrates that there are certainly still large M&A deals happening in the face of the global economic uncertainty that has produced a shaky opening month for markets in 2016. However, has...

Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE: JCI) and Tyco International PLC have announced a mega merger that, upon completion, would save the combined company at least $150 million per year on taxes and at least $500 million per year in costs over the first three years. Inversion Fever The structure of the...

The merger deal between E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) and Dow Chemical Co (NYSE: DOW) will likely create arbitrage trading opportunities in the market. Kellner Capital believes that the deal will likely hold up to regulatory scrutiny. Any required divestitures could be...

Stocks in the United States were rallying earlier Wednesday, as Dow Chemical Co (NYSE: DOW) is in its advanced stages of merger talks with E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD). In what may be the largest deal in the chemicals industry, the transaction would create the world's second-largest...

Kellner Capital believes that the Anheuser Busch Inbev SA (ADR) (NYSE: BUD)/SABMiller merger is an indication of the continuing appetite in the M&A market for large deals. Fund manager Chris Pultz believes that the companies will be able to appease global antitrust regulators and gain...

Two of the nation's largest drugstore companies are coming together. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) on Tuesday agreed to purchase Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) for a little over $9 billion, or about $9 per share in cash. Rite Aid shares soared 40 percent when The Wall Street...