Paint manufacturers Valspar and The Federal Trade Commission have postponed their merger until 2015 , citing further time needed to meet regulator’s requirements. ’s portfolio before regulators would approve the acquisition, which was originally priced around $11.3 billion. Sherwin-Williams is likely to require that the purchase of Valspar at $ 113 per share would need to come after a divestiture of a section of Valspar ’s portfolio before approval could be given. The acquisition could be $ 11.3bn in total, though the divestiture is likely to be less than the $650m made in revenue in 21 June 2017 .
Paint manufacturers Valspar and The Federal Trade Commission have postponed their merger until 2015 , citing further time needed to meet regulator’s requirements. Sherwin-Williams is likely to require that the purchase of Valspar at $ 113 per share would need to come after a divestiture of a section of Valspar ’s portfolio before approval could be given. The acquisition could be $ 11.3bn in total, though the divestiture is likely to be less than the $650m made in revenue in 21 June 2017 .