Syngenta: U.S. regulators' new request won't delay ChemChina deal

[February 14, 2017]    ZURICH (Reuters) - Syngenta has got another request for information from U.S. anti-trust regulators reviewing a proposed $43 billion takeover by ChemChina [CNNCC.UL] but still sees the deal being completed in the second quarter, it said on Tuesday.

"We have received a second request but do not expect this to cause a delay," a spokesperson for the Swiss pesticides and seeds group said in an email. "We expect to close the transaction in the second quarter."

(Reporting by John Miller; Editing by Michael Shields)

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