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Damien Conover
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Judge Lowers Penalty Against Bayer in Glyphosate Case, but Reduction Is Less Than Initially Signaled

We don't expect any major changes to our Bayer fair value estimate after a California judge reduced the initial glyphosate verdict of $289 million (in the Johnson case) against Bayer down to close to $80 million, but the reduction was not as much as the judge had partially signaled earlier in the month. However, we do plan to raise our uncertainty rating on the stock to high from medium based on a wider spread of potential outcomes from the ongoing glyphosate litigation (including the Johnson ca...
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Bayer AG

Bayer is a life sciences group based in Germany. Co.'s operations are organized along three divisions: Pharmaceuticals (engaged in prescription pharmaceuticals for cardiology and women's healthcare); Consumer Health (engaged in non-prescription products in dermatology, dietary supplement, analgesic, gastrointestinal, allergy, cold and flu, foot care, sun protection and cardiovascular risk prevention categories); and CropScience (engaged in the development of seeds and plant traits; crop protection; and for gardens, the green industry and non-agricultural pest control). Co. also maintains an Animal Health business unit engaged in the development of products for farm and companion animals.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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Damien Conover

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