Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firms ISS and Glass Lewis Recommend Vote “FOR” Merger with Bayer

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced that leading independent proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC (Glass Lewis) have both recommended that Monsanto shareowners vote “FOR” the proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger providing for the acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer Aktiengesellschaft. Under the terms of the merger agreement, which is being submitted to a vote at a special meeting of Monsanto shareowners to be held on December 13, 2016, Monsanto shareowners will receive $128 per share in cash at the closing of the merger.