Rumored Sale of Cognis

Jan 4th, 2009

Katie Schaefer

Cognis Group (Dusseldorf, Germany) is not confirming a report by Financial Times Deutschland that it is in sales discussions with several parties. A number of news outlets cite the potential purchasers as Blackstone and Bain and Apollo Investment Group. Hemscott.com reports Dow Chemical as the third interested party. Updates coming as they become available.

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