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Seminis is the largest developer, grower and marketer of fruit and vegetable seeds in the world. Seminis' hybrids claim to improve nutrition, boost crop yields, limit spoilage and reduce the need for chemicals. Their retail line includes over 3,500 seed varieties. == History == Seminis was established in 1994 by Alfonso Romo under his Savia Group, a part of the Empresas La Moderna S.A. conglomerate, to consolidate leading companies in the fragmented fruit and vegetable seed industry.〔Staff, The Economist. January 27, 2005 (Lord of the Seeds )〕 The process was realized by takeovers of such companies (mostly Dutch) as: Asgrow, Petoseed, Royal Sluis, Bruinsma Seeds, and Genecorp.〔(Seminis history (official site) )〕 In 1996, Romo sold the grains business of Seminis to Monsanto for $240 million.〔Reuters, via the Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1996 (Mexican Firm Following Growth Strategy: Diversification: La Moderna has broadened its scope from cigarettes to agrobiotechnology. Its focus is to become a market leader in select fields. )〕 In 1999, Savia took Seminis public, in which Savia retained control of the company.〔Debora Vrana for the Los Angeles Times. May 31, 1999. (Agricultural Seed Firm Seminis Is Seeking to Reap Capital With IPO )〕 In September 2003, Savia took Seminis off the public markets for approximately $650 million via an investment of approximately $222 million from Fox Paine & Company and additional cash and stock from Savia and related entities.〔Press release. September 29, 2003 (Savia and Fox Paine complete previously announced acquisition of Seminis for $3.78 per share )〕〔John Nagel for The Deal. 2003 (Fox Paine, Romo, Buys into Seminis )〕〔Melinda Fulmer for the Los Angeles Times. December 14, 2002. (Seminis to Be Acquired in $650-Million Deal )〕 On March 23, 2005, Monsanto Company announced that it had completed its acquisition of Seminis. According to the press release announcing the deal, Monsanto paid $1.4 billion in cash and assumed debt, plus a performance-based payment of up to $125 million payable by 2007〔Jack Kaskey for Bloomberg News. January 24, 2005 (Monsanto to Buy Seed Seller Seminis for $1 Billion (Update3) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seminis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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