M&A Deal Summary

CF Industries Holdings Acquires Canadian Fertilizers

On August 2, 2012, CF Industries Holdings acquired chemicals company Canadian Fertilizers from Viterra for 915M CAD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CF Industries Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is CF Industries Holdings’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is CF Industries Holdings’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is CF Industries Holdings’ 1st transaction in Alberta.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-08-02
Target Canadian Fertilizers
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) CF Industries Holdings
Sellers(s) Viterra
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 915M CAD

Target

Canadian Fertilizers

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Canadian Fertilizers Ltd. owns the largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Canada, located in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The Medicine Hat complex has two ammonia plants with 1,250,000 tons of production capacity and a urea plant with 810,000 tons of production capacity.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CF Industries Holdings

Northbrook, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1946
Sector Chemicals
Employees2,700
Revenue 6.6B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

CF Industries Holdings is a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing and distribution, owns and operates world-scale nitrogen complexes and serves agricultural and industrial customers through its best-in-class distribution system. CF Industries Holdings was incorporated in 1946 and is based in Northbrook, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (Alberta) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-01 GrowHow UK

Chester, United Kingdom

GrowHow UK Ltd. owns and operates nitrogen production facilities in Ince and Billingham, U.K. The Ince facility is located in northwestern England and consists of an ammonia plant, three nitric acid plants, an ammonium nitrate (AN) plant and three NPK fertilizer compound plants. The Billingham facility is located in the Teesside chemical area in northeastern England, and consists of an ammonia plant, three nitric acid plants, a carbon dioxide plant and an AN fertilizer plant. Combined, the two facilities have the capacity to produce approximately 0.9 million short tons of gross ammonia, 1.2 million short tons of AN and 0.4 million short tons of NPK compounds.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Viterra

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Category Company
Founded 1924
Sector Agriculture
DESCRIPTION

Viterra, Inc. is a grain and oil seeds marketer and handler. Viterra handles wheat, durum, barley, canola oils, and pulses.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Chemicals) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (Alberta) 2 of 2
Country (Canada) 2 of 2
Year (2012) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-01 Hi-Pro Feeds

Okotoks, Alberta, Canada

Hi-Pro Feeds, Inc. is a manufacturer of animal nutrition and feed products for the animal nutrition industry.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-02 Dakota Growers Pasta

Carrington, North Dakota, United States

Dakota Growers with approximately $5 billion North American pasta market, with leadership positions in the private label retail, food service and ingredient channels. where it has durum wheat milling and pasta production capabilities.

Sell $370M
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