Pound Ridge, NY, Mar. 16--The target date for closing Koch Industries Inc.'s $4.4 billion purchase of Invista from the DuPont Co. has been moved to April 30 from the end of March, according to Delawareonline.com.
An Invista spokeswoman on Monday confirmed the change of what she called an "internal planning" date. All three companies have publicly said they expect the sale, announced in November, to close in the first half of this year. A spokeswoman for Wichita, KS based Koch didn't return calls.