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NatureWorks LLC & Teijin Ltd	Update Date: 09/18/08
Date Announced: 10/05/07
Value (million $USD): n/a

Status: Completed

TRANSACTION DETAILS
Date Announced	10/05/07
Date Originally Announced	10/05/07
Format	Acq. Maj. Int.	Acquisition techniques	Divestiture
Attitude	Friendly	Agency	n/a
Value	n/a	Advisor Fees	n/a

SYNOPSIS
US - Teijin Ltd (TL) acquired a 50% interest in NatureWorks LLC (NW), a manufacturer of commercially available polymers, from Cargill Inc (CI). On completion, NW was a 50:50 joint venture between CI and TL.

TARGET
Name	NatureWorks LLC
Industries	Synthetic rubber (vulcanizable elastomers); Unsupported plastics film and sheet
City	Minnetonka
State	MN
Nation	United States
Incorporated in	n/a
Public Status	Subsidiary
Business Description	NatureWorks LLC, located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, manufactures commercially available polymers, marketed under the NatureWorks polymer and Ingeo fibers brand names.
Advisors	NULL
Target Sales	n/a

ACQUIROR
Name	Teijin Ltd (Tokyo 1 : 3401)
Industries	Cellulosic manmade fibers; Plastics products, nec; Packaging paper & plastics film,coated & laminated; Unsupported plastics film and sheet; Plastics materials and synthetic resins; Pharmaceutical preparations; Medicinal chemicals and botanical products
City	Osaka-Shi, Osaka
State	n/a
Nation	Japan
Incorporated in	n/a
Public Status	Public
Business Description	Teijin Ltd, headquartered in Osaka, Japan, manufactures fibers, textiles and films, with operations carried out through the following divisions: Fibers; Distribution & Retail; Films & Plastics; Pharmaceuticals and IT and New Business. Fibers include polyester fibers, nylon, polyvinyl chloride fibers and meta-linked aramid fibers. Distribution and Retail division deals in apparel products, industrial textiles, and automobile materials. Films & Plastics division deals in polyester films and polyethylene naphthalate films. Pharmaceuticals and medical tools division focus on respiratory, bone and joint, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. IT and New business division deals in packaged software. The company was founded in 1918.
Advisors	NULL
Acquiror Sales	8.98 billion U.S. Dollar 1,030.48 billion Japanese Yen

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