Ingredion Stock Sinks. It's Ready to Pay a Big Premium to Swallow a Smaller Peer. -- Barrons.com

Dow Jones
May 14

By Adam Clark

Ingredion shares were falling early Thursday. The premium it is planning to pay for smaller ingredients company Tate & Lyle looks to be leaving a bad taste in investors' mouths.

London-listed Tate & Lyle said it had received a 2.74 billion-pound ($3.71 billion) potential takeover proposal from Ingredion. The proposed offer, almost entirely in cash plus a dividend payment, would represent a 64% premium to Tate & Lyle's closing price on Wednesday.

Ingredion has until June 11 to make a firm offer or walk away under British takeover rules.

Ingredion shares were down 1.7% at $104.15 in early trading, having fallen 24% in the past 12 months. That would value the U.S. company at around $6.39 billion.

Write to Adam Clark at adam.clark@barrons.com

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