M&A Deal Summary

Agrium Acquires Royster-Clark

On February 8, 2006, Agrium acquired retailer Royster-Clark from Court Square Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Agrium’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Agrium’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Agrium’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-02-08
Target Royster-Clark
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Agrium
Sellers(s) Court Square Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Royster-Clark

New York, New York, United States
Royster-Clark, Inc. a leading independent retailer of agricultural products, with 330 retail locations and 40 terminals, warehouses, and manufacturing sites.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Agrium

Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Category Company
Founded 1931
Sector Agriculture
Employees15,200
Revenue 14.8B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Agrium Inc. is a major Retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North and South America, a leading global Wholesale producer and marketer of all three major agricultural nutrients.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 8
Sector (Retail) 1 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 5
Year (2006) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-03 UAP Holding

Greeley, Colorado, United States

UAP Holding Corp. is an independent distributor of agricultural and non-crop products in the United States and Canada. UAP Inc. markets a comprehensive line of products, including chemicals, fertilizer, and seed to farmers, commercial growers, and regional dealers. UAP also provides a broad array of value-added services, including crop management, biotechnology advisory services, custom fertilizer blending, seed treatment, inventory management, and custom applications of crop inputs. UAP Products maintains a comprehensive network of approximately 370 distribution and storage facilities and three formulation plants, strategically located in major crop-producing areas throughout the United States and Canada.

Buy $2.7B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Court Square Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 7.7B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Court Square Capital Partners (CSCP) is a generalist private equity firm that seeks middle market company investments across the US. CSCP looks to partner with management teams to accelerate revenue growth and improve operating efficiency. Sectors of interest include business services, building products, chemicals, consumer products, food products/services, healthcare, aerospace/defense, manufacturing, media, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. Court Square Capital Partners was formerly known as Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners. The Group spun out of Citigroup and became independent in 2006. CSCP is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 56
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 25
State (New York) 4 of 6
Country (United States) 12 of 53
Year (2006) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-30 SGS

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

SGS is a global provider of packaging graphic services to branded consumer products companies, retailers and the printers that service them. SGS was founded in 1946 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Buy $410M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-01 Marine Optical

South Easton, Massachusetts, United States

Marine Optical, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of eyeglass frames.

Sell -
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