Shareholders and Dupont

dow: After it complete, the century-old companies plan to break up into three parts, according to The Toronto Star. The companies held meetings where shareholders voted on the deal. By The Associated Press Wed., July 20, 2016 NEW YORK—Shareholders for agriculture and chemicals companies DuPont and Dow Chemical have approved their merger. DuPont said 98 per cent of shareholders who participated in its meeting voted in favour of the combination, while Dow Chemical said 97 per cent of participating shareholders did the same. They agreed to merge in December in an all-stock deal valued at about $62 billion . They expect the combination to be official by the end of 2016, but regulators will still have to approve it. Both Dow and DuPont were pushed by activist investors to break up or find other ways to revitalize their businesses. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.