How Successful was Monsanto 2014-2017? Note: Answer this question by answering the questions below.

1. What was the Market Value of Monsanto each year?Note:Market Value is found by taking the (share price * the number of shares outstanding) - ...please show your work - access the stock price through Investing.com(Links to an external site.)

Date	Share Price	Shares Outstanding	Market Value (show full dollar amount!)
August 29, 2014
August 31, 2015
August 31, 2016
August 31, 2017
June 1, 2018

1. What was the "Book Value" and EPS of Monsanto on each of these dates? Note: Book Value is derived from the Accounting Equation (Assets-Liabilities=Owners Equity)

Date	Assets (show full dollar amount!)	Liabilities (show full dollar amount!)	Non-Controlling Interest (show full dollar amount!)	Net Worth (show full dollar amount!)
August 31, 2014
August 31, 2015
August 31, 2016
August 31, 2017
February 28, 2018

Question Group 2 | Why do you think Bayer paid so much for Monsanto? Follow up on the roundup Note: Answer this question by answering the questions below.

1. What did Monsanto have to say about the potential liability from the Roundup lawsuits outstanding? Note: To answer this question Read Note 24 of the 2017 10K Links to an external site.. Please explain in your own words
2. After Monsanto was purchased by Bayer AG (a German company) the results seem more dismal. What happened to Bayer EPS from 2017 to 2018?
3. What does Bayer have to say about the Roundup litigation (see pages 100, 187, 230 and 250 of the 2018 Bayer Annual Report Links to an external site..) Note: See the Annual Reports for Monsanto and Bayer
4. People suing Bayer for damages related to Roundup will look at the value of Monsanto and Bayer. If you were the Forensic Accountant, how would you value Bayer as of February 3, 2020? Note: Explain your answer and show your calculations.
5. Update the case - what happened in the summer of 2020 related to the case