M&A Deal Summary

Origin Enterprises Acquires Masstock Group Holdings

On January 22, 2008, Origin Enterprises acquired agriculture company Masstock Group Holdings for 26M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Origin Enterprises’ 1st transaction in the Agriculture sector.
  • This is Origin Enterprises’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Origin Enterprises’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-01-22
Target Masstock Group Holdings
Sector Agriculture
Buyer(s) Origin Enterprises
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 26M GBP

Target

Masstock Group Holdings

United Kingdom
Masstock Group Holdings Ltd. is a provider of specialist agronomy services directly to arable and grassland farm enterprises. Masstock which has been synonymous with the development of state of art farming systems throughout the world.

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Buyer

Origin Enterprises

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Agriculture
Employees2,800
Revenue 2.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Origin Enterprises is a provider of value-added services, technologies, and strategic inputs that support the delivery of sustainable and profitable food production solutions for primary producers. Origin Enterprises was founded in 2006 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 15
Sector: Agriculture M&A 1 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 8
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 8
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-31 Odlum Group

Dublin, Ireland

Odlum Group Ltd. is a Ireland premier flour milling company operating three mills at Dublin, Cork and portarlington. Odlums owns the major retail flour brand in the Irish market. The company also operates a specialist oatmeal manufacturing facility servicing the Irish market under the Odlums brand and the growing UK and North America markets under McCanns brand.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-24 Masstock Arable

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Masstock Arable (UK) Ltd. is a provider of agronomy services, technologies, and strategic advisory services supporting farming systems in the United Kingdom.

Buy £26M