M&A Deal Summary

Agrium Acquires Viterra - Agri-Products Business

On March 20, 2012, Agrium acquired retailer Viterra - Agri-Products Business from Glencore for 1.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Agrium’s 3rd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Agrium’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Agrium’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Agrium’s 1st transaction in Saskatchewan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-03-20
Target Viterra - Agri-Products Business
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Agrium
Sellers(s) Glencore
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 1.2B USD

Target

Viterra - Agri-Products Business

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Viterra operates a network of 258 agri-products retail locations throughout Western Canada and 17 retail locations in Australia. Retail locations offer fertilizer, crop protection products, seed and equipment to growers. Viterra also has a minority interest in a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing plant in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

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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 6 of 8
Sector (Retail) 3 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 4
State (Saskatchewan) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-15 AWB Commodity Management Business / Agrium

Australia

AWB Commodity Management Business includes the AWB grain marketing and pool operations, international grain trading businesses, grain distribution and storage assets as well as other international operations.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-09 Agrium - Turf and Ornamental Business

United States

Agrium - Turf and Ornamental Business provides slow and controlled release fertilizers to turf and horticulture markets across the United States and Canada.

Sell $85M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Glencore

Baar, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 1974
Sector Metals/Mining
Employees83,426
Revenue 217.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Glencore is a supplier of physical commodities including energy (oil and coal), base metals, soft commodities, and agriculture to industrial consumers. These commodities originate from Glencore's directly or indirectly owned production assets or are secured by Glencore from third parties. Glencore also provides financing, logistics, and other supply chain services to producers and consumers of commodities. Glencore was founded in 1974 and is based in Baar, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 7
State (Saskatchewan) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 2
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-07 Umcebo Mining Pty.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Umcebo is a mining company with coal mining interests in Witbank, in the province of Mpumalanga, South Africa and with major deposits in the Wonderfontein and Delmas areas of South Africa. Umcebo and its subsidiaries currently own and/or operate eight collieries in the Witbank coalfield, producing various products for Eskom, the domestic market and export markets. An additional colliery will be brought on stream in the near future. Umcebo has the necessary expertise to plan, develop, staff and manage coal mining operations. Umcebo qualifies as a black-empowered company as defined by the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act and the Mining Charter of South Africa.

Buy руб.900M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-27 Optimum Coal Holdings

Johannesburg, South Africa

Optimum Coal Holdings Ltd. engages in the production and sale of low sulphur thermal coal in South Africa.

Buy -