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Germany, Interview:
Equipping Bayer MaterialScience for the future
Interview with Bayer CFO
Johannes Dietsch
, from Börsen-Zeitung,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, March 21, 2015. Article provided by
The German IAFEI Member Institute, the Association of Chief
Financial Officers Germany
Bayer CFO: Intra-Group loans are to be promptly replaced
following demerger – IPO could have a positive effect on Group
rating
Bayer has taken an important strategic step with its decision to demerge the plastics
business. How can a subgroup be separated from the Group for financing purposes?
Bayer Material Science (BMS) is to be floated on the stock market by mid-2016 at the latest.
We want to create an independent company that is able to tap the capital market. With regard
to financing, we first have to give BMS a sound organizational structure. It needs to have a
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