date:Jul 14, 2014
be Ajinomotos preferred target, DZ Bank analyst Thomas Maul said.
He said reports that Ajinomoto had also made offers for Wild Flavors and Diana indicated the Japanese group was interested in acquiring food and pet food businesses, while 40 percent of Symrise's business was in non-food segments.
Also, some analysts said any buyer of Symrise would likely have to pay between 7 billion euros and 8 billion, which could prove too expensive for Ajinomoto.
Symrise is the world's No.4 player in the