2024-05-22 22:19:59
The American firm Bunge, producer of “Oleyna” sunflower oil and one of many world’s largest agro-industrial teaders, offered its enterprise in Russia to Karen Vanetsyan with out the potential of repurchase and at a reduction exceeding 50% of the asset’s market worth.
Bunge’s deal to promote its Russian enterprise got here at a greater than 50% low cost, in response to an unbiased valuation of the corporate’s market worth. Karen Vanetsyan, the client of “Bunge СNG”, the primary proprietor of Exoil Group holding, mentioned this in an interview to RBC TV channel.
Vanetsyan didn’t specify the amount of cash to purchase Bunge’s Russian enterprise, however mentioned that it’s lower than the brink set by the subcommittee of the federal government fee on international investments for transactions with traders from unfriendly nations.
“There are particular situations which are dictated by the acceptance of the federal government fee. And the decrease threshold is twice cheaper than the estimated worth. I can say that now we have fallen beneath this degree. Even now we have reached this degree, taking into consideration the massive quantity of working capital within the firm,” mentioned Ok. Vanetsyan.
The proprietor of Exoil Group financed the acquisition from his personal funds, however when the shares have been already resubscribed and “may very well be pledged to the banks”, he refinanced the take care of a financial institution mortgage. The phrases of the deal don’t present for a buyback possibility.
Ok. Vanetsyan mentioned that the deal was closed in January 2023 and was “relatively non-standard”, there aren’t that many specialists and legislation companies that may make such offers. “Many issues have been carried out on belief because of the assurances they (Bunge.-RBK) have given.”
The construction of the transaction included the manufacturing, in addition to the “Олейна” and “Supreme” manufacturers owned by Bunge in nearly all the territory of the CIS, apart from Ukraine.
The brand new proprietor assesses the situation of the obtained asset pretty much as good. the corporate has sufficient working capital to run the enterprise and has no money owed, its income has fluctuated round 30-33 billion rubles within the final two years.
He mentioned that the supply of the Bunge manufacturers acquired by way of the transaction within the Russian market is not going to change, they are going to stay on retailer cabinets, “neither the standard nor the value will change.” Future plans embody increasing manufacturing and growing gross sales of bottled vegetable oil.
Ok. Vanetsyan additionally assured that he’s the “solely actual beneficiary” of the belongings offered by Bunge. “That is purely my deal, this asset might be mine. And even Exoil Group has nothing to do with it, it has its personal shareholder construction.”
In accordance with him, now the shareholders of Exoil Group are finding out the difficulty of integrating the enterprise with Bunge CIS, however the two corporations have utterly completely different cultures and it’s mandatory to check the features of the staff to ensure that the merger to be efficient and provides synergy.
“I believe that no ahead of a yr from now we are going to perceive what to do with this merger,” Vanetsyan added.
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In September 2022, the American firm Bunge (together with Cargill, ADM and Louis Dreyfus is among the many world’s 4 largest meals corporations) introduced that it could promote its olive oil processing and bottled sunflower oil manufacturing enterprise in Russia to Karen Vanetsyan. As reported, the oil extraction plant belonging to “Bunge CIS” within the Voronezh area (yearly produces greater than 200 million bottles of sunflower oil) might be included within the transaction.
Karen Vanetsyan is the primary proprietor of “Exoil Group” holding, which offers with sunflower buy, processing, commerce of oil and grain crops, port transportation and logistics. 99% of UK “Exoil Group” belongs to the Cypriot firm SGA Holdings Ltd, 1% belongs to Karen Vanetsyan. “Kommersant” famous that Mikhail Zurabov, the previous head of the Russian Ministry of Well being and the previous ambassador of Russia to Ukraine, is the proprietor of 25 % every of “Черноземье” LLC and “ТD “Черноземье” LLC, that are a part of the holding.