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  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Lex
    Clariant: Swiss chemicals group offers too much bang for your buck Premium content

    Company’s first quarter sales and ebitda rose by more than a quarter, compared with a year before

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    News in-depth
    Accounting probe mars Clariant’s hoped-for comeback

    The Swiss chemicals group was forced to delay its results this week after its auditors refused to sign off the annual accounts

  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
    Lex
    Clariant/Saudi Aramco: whistleblowers rock Swiss chemicals group Premium content

    Delayed results and a pending investigation into accounting irregularities have hit the company’s share price

  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
    Clariant delays 2021 results as it probes whistleblower claims

    Shares in Swiss chemicals group tumble as it investigates allegations of accounts manipulation

  • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
    Chemicals group Clariant suspends Saudi joint venture plans

    Swiss company announces ‘challenging’ results a day after its chief executive quit

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    Chemical group Clariant’s chief executive quits after ten months

    Departure comes during negotiations with Saudi shareholder over joint venture

  • Wednesday, 31 October, 2018
    Clariant sales growth slows on softer Chinese demand
  • Tuesday, 18 September, 2018
    European companies
    Chemicals group Clariant appoints Sabic manager as new chief

    Swiss company picks Ernesto Occhiello from Saudi anchor shareholder to take reins

  • Wednesday, 25 July, 2018
    US trade
    Clariant may shift production out of US amid trade tensions
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2018
    European companies
    Clariant results hit by spending in activist battle

    Profits dented because of money spent in defence of abandoned merger plan

  • Thursday, 25 January, 2018
    European companies
    Activist investor White Tale quits Clariant campaign

    Group backed by Corvex and 40 North sells 25% stake to Saudi Arabia’s Sabic

  • Thursday, 25 January, 2018
    European companies
    Activist investors sell Clariant stake to Saudi group

    Corvex-backed White Tale Holdings had blocked $20bn Huntsman merger

  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2017
    LexEuropean companies
    Corvex/Clariant: riverine solution Premium content

    This is a dispute for independent directors to settle

  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Clariant looks for merger partners after collapse of Huntsman deal

    Strong sales — up 12 per cent in third quarter — suggest group can also ‘go it alone’

  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Clariant sales rise as it faces activist investor
  • Monday, 30 October, 2017
    European companies
    Activist investors demand board seats at Clariant

    Swiss group also faces calls for strategy review after merger plans dropped

  • Monday, 30 October, 2017
    News
    Activist investors demand board seats, independent review at Clariant
  • Friday, 27 October, 2017
    LexUS & Canadian companies
    Clariant/Huntsman: Meister zinger Premium content

    The hedge fund manager will have to threaten more active measures to get results

  • Friday, 27 October, 2017
    European companies
    Clariant and Huntsman call off $20bn merger deal

    Chemicals groups admit defeat in face of opposition from US activist investors

  • Friday, 27 October, 2017
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Clariant, Huntsman abandon plans for $20bn merger
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2017
    European companies
    Activist group doubles Clariant stake as it seeks to stop merger

    Corvex and allies oppose plan to combine Swiss chemicals group with US rival Huntsman

  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2017
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Activist investor lifts stake in Clariant to 15% in bid to scuttle Huntsman deal
  • Friday, 7 July, 2017
    News in-depthWeek in Review
    Fund manager’s move on Clariant prompts many questions

    Corvex’s Keith Meister is part of the next wave of activist hedge fund investors

  • Tuesday, 4 July, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Activist funds try to block $20bn Clariant-Huntsman merger

    40 North and Keith Meister’s Corvex take 7.2% stake in Swiss chemicals group

  • Tuesday, 4 July, 2017
    European companies
    Activist investors try to derail $20bn Clariant/Huntsman merger
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