M&A Deal Summary

Farmsecure Holdings Acquires Yara International - Retail Fertilizer Buisness

On May 18, 2010, Farmsecure Holdings acquired retailer Yara International - Retail Fertilizer Buisness from Yara International

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Farmsecure Holdings’ 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Farmsecure Holdings’ 1st transaction in South Africa.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-05-18
Target Yara International - Retail Fertilizer Buisness
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Farmsecure Holdings
Sellers(s) Yara International
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Yara International - Retail Fertilizer Buisness

South Africa
Yara International - Retail Fertilizer Buisness sell fertilizer delivered harbor in South Africa. Retail fertilizer marketing is typically combined with trade of other agriculture input and produce.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Farmsecure Holdings

Cape Town, South Africa

Category Company
Sector Agriculture
DESCRIPTION

Farmsecure is an innovative service provider to the agricultural sector whose primary focus is to empower farmers with precision farming skills, agricultural knowledge, cost effective supply chain management and hands-on support to assist the farmer in fulfilling their maximum potential whilst creating above average shareholder wealth.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: South Africa M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Yara International

Oslo, Norway

Category Company
Founded 1905
Sector Chemicals
Employees16,624
Revenue 13.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Yara International is an entity which manufactures nitrogen chemicals worldwide. Yara was founded in 1905 and is based in Oslo, Norway.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 6
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: South Africa M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-03-12 Terra Industries

Sioux City, Iowa, United States

Terra Industries, Inc., is an North American producer and marketer of nitrogen and methanol products for agricultural and industries.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-07 Bunge - Brazilian Fertilizer Business

Brazil

Bunge operates 22 blending units across Brazil, delivering 4.8 million tons of fertilizer products.

Buy $750M