AgroPages-Sapec sells agro business to Bridgepoint investment fund-Agricultural news

Related News

Some private equity entities have interests to acquire Rovensa (Sapec Agro)

On November 6th the company concluded an agreement for the sale of the Agro Business of Sapec to the investment fund Bridgepoint, which evaluated the deal at 456 million euros. The Agro Business of Sapec is 100% hold by Sapec Portugal SGPS S.A. and comprises the companies Sapec Agro S.A. and Trade Corporation International S.A.

Bridgepoint investment portfolio includes leading companies in their market segments promoting its growth and long-term success. This organization invests in companies with sound management, with whom it works in close collaboration. All management teams and decision-making centers of the Sapec Agro Business will maintain their roles and responsibilities.

Eric van Innis, CEO of Sapec Agro Business, who will continue to lead the business in the new shareholder structure, refers in this respect: “I consider this deal, both as a recognition of a job well done by a whole team of people and professionals, and a very strong proof of confidence of the new shareholder in this same team, to whom we will have to correspond and show respect. The new shareholder shares our ambitions, and the goal is to accelerate the growth of our business by creating opportunities in new markets, launching new developments and new agricultural solutions for our customers. These are very exciting times for Sapec Agro Business and its customers in a very attractive and growing market “.

Commenting on the transaction, Héctor Pérez, Bridgepoint partner, underlined that the performance of Sapec Agro Business “has been robust” believing that the company “is now in a position to accelerate growth and gain scale”. “We believe that there is an opportunity to enhance its capabilities, aiming to increase its growth and gain new territories by launching new customized products”, this Bridgepoint partner stresses out.

Sapec Agro Business is the Iberian leader of differentiated generic products in the crop protection and one of the biggest companies in the world in the specialized plant nutrition.

With headquarters in Portugal, Sapec Agro Business develops, produces and commercializes products for crop protection (herbicides, insecticides and fungicides), as well as plant nutrition specialties (special fertilizers such as micronutrients and biostimulants). Both areas are in structural growth given the need to increase the quantity and quality of the agricultural productivity to face the world population growth, and the corresponding need of healthier life styles.

Focused on differentiated niches, Sapec Agro Business is now leader of the crop protection in Portugal and occupies the third rank in Spain, being one of the major global players in crop nutrition with sales in over 70 countries. In 2015 the business had a turnover of 223 million euros.

This operation is the consequence of a growth and consolidation process of Sapec Agro Business as a reference player in the market segment where it operates, occupying an increasingly “Outsider” position, reflected in a differentiated, alternative and future oriented positioning at the service of the sector, its customers and the farmer in general.

The company management and directorship teams will be unchanged, thus validating this path of success and ensuring the continuity of the strategy, based on about one thousand employees committed to a project, to which this operation presents a unique opportunity of growth and consolidation.