M&A Deal Summary

American Vanguard Acquires ADAMA Agricultural Solutions - Crop Protection Product Lines

On June 6, 2017, American Vanguard acquired chemicals company ADAMA Agricultural Solutions - Crop Protection Product Lines from ADAMA Agricultural Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is American Vanguard’s 3rd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is American Vanguard’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is American Vanguard’s 1st transaction in North Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-06-06
Target ADAMA Agricultural Solutions - Crop Protection Product Lines
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) American Vanguard
Sellers(s) ADAMA Agricultural Solutions
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

ADAMA Agricultural Solutions - Crop Protection Product Lines

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. - Crop Protection Product Lines includes abamectin, chlorothalonil and paraquat.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

American Vanguard

Newport Beach, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Chemicals
Employees845
Revenue 579M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

American Vanguard is a diversified specialty and agricultural chemical products company focusing on crop protection, turf and ornamental markets, and public health applications. American Vanguard was founded in 1969 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 14
Sector (Chemicals) 3 of 11
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 6
State (North Carolina) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 3 of 8
Year (2017) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-29 E. I. du Pont de Nemours - Global Bromacil Herbicide Business

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DuPont) - Global Bromacil Herbicide Business include the Bromacil Hyvar® and Krovar® trademarks, product registrations, product registration data, customer information, access to certain know-how, technical registrations and associated registration data outside of North America.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-23 Syngenta AG - Herbicide & Fungicide Products

Basel, Switzerland

Syngenta AG - Herbicide & Fungicide Products includes seven branded selective herbicides for sugar cane and eight contact fungicide brands.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ADAMA Agricultural Solutions

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Category Company
Founded 1945
Sector Chemicals
Employees4,791
DESCRIPTION

ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. is a manufacturer and distributor of crop protection solutions, supplying efficient solutions to farmers across the full farming value-chain.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Chemicals) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (North Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-06 Adama Agricultural - Nemacur insecticide/nematicide Business

United Kingdom

Adama Agricultural's Nemacur insecticide/nematicide Business is a highly effective insecticide/nematicide used to control soil insects and nematodes on many fruit and vegetable crops.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-02 Jiangsu Anpon Electrochemical

Huaian City, China

Jiangsu Anpon Electrochemical Co. Ltd. is a fully backward-integrated manufacturer of key active ingredients used in crop protection markets worldwide, most notably Ethephon, Pymetrozine, and Buprofezin, as well as intermediates such as chlor-alkali and other products, with advanced membrane production technology.

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