M&A Deal Summary

Upl Acquires Arysta LifeScience

On July 20, 2018, Upl acquired agriculture company Arysta LifeScience from Element Solutions for 4.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Upl’s 2nd transaction in the Agriculture sector.
  • This is Upl’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Upl’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-07-20
Target Arysta LifeScience
Sector Agriculture
Buyer(s) Upl
Sellers(s) Element Solutions
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 4.2B USD

Target

Arysta LifeScience

Chuo-Ku, Japan
Arysta LifeScience is an agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals company that produces a range of insecticides, fungicides and herbicides as well as a number of products for the healthcare and veterinary medicine markets. Arysta LifeScience was founded in 2001 and is based in Chuo-Ku, Japan.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Upl

Mumbai, India
Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Chemicals
Employees12,000
Revenue 426.0B INR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Upl is a global generic crop protection, chemicals and seeds company. UPL was founded in 1969 and is based in Mumbai, India.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector (Agriculture) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Japan) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 ICONA S.A.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Icona S.A., an Argentine agrochemicals company.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-09-16 TeleSense

Sunnyvale, California, United States

TeleSense is a provider of Industrial IoT, real-time environmental monitoring solutions for grain and food production, storage, and transport. TeleSense generates data to take optimized decisions, reduce labor and energy costs, increase operational efficiency, and reduce spoilage. TeleSense was founded in 2013 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Element Solutions

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Category Company
Founded 1785
Sector Chemicals
Employees5,300
Revenue 2.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Element Solutions is a diversified producer of high-technology specialty chemical products and provider of technical services. Element Solutions was incorporated in 1785 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Agriculture) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (Japan) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-01 Alent

Woking, United Kingdom

Alent plc is a provider of advanced surface treatment plating chemicals.

Buy $1.9B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-03 Kester

Itasca, Illinois, United States

Kester, Inc. is a provider of assembly materials to the electronic assembly, component and micro-electronic marketplaces. Kester products include an array of basic and high-tech attachment materials including traditional soldering chemicals, bar, and wire solder and paste products. Kester, Inc. was founded in 1899 and is based in Itasca, Illinois.

Buy $68M
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