By Meg Shen and John Revill
HONG KONG/ZURICH, July 2 (Reuters) – Syngenta Group will use the proceeds from its $10 billion preliminary public providing (IPO) to fund inner development and an acquisition spree to snare extra of the $100 billion marketplace for seeds and sprays, the agrichemical big mentioned on Friday.
The corporate’s prospectus to checklist on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style STAR Market was posted on-line by the Shanghai Inventory Change on Friday, confirming particulars reported this week by Reuters after the appliance was filed on Wednesday.
“Syngenta Group will develop and renovate its manufacturing facility and implement strategic acquisition to satisfy rising market wants,” the corporate mentioned within the doc.
Syngenta mentioned within the submitting that its software to checklist on the STAR Market had been accepted and it will challenge as much as 2.79 billion shares.
The flotation, set to be the world’s greatest this yr, will worth the maker of pesticides and seeds based mostly in Basel, Switzerland, at about $60 billion together with debt, or $50 billion with out, sources have instructed Reuters.
The submitting means the flotation is prone to happen by the top by 2021, mentioned the sources, who weren’t authorised to talk to media and declined to be recognized.
A secondary itemizing for Syngenta can also be being thought of that might happen lower than a yr after its debut, with exchanges in Zurich, London and New York among the many choices being examined, the individuals mentioned.
Proceeds will fund acquisitions, together with offers already introduced to purchase Yangnong Agrochemical and Valagro, the submitting mentioned.
Money raised will even be used on different initiatives akin to superior agricultural know-how analysis, manufacturing enlargement, and upgrading and sustaining its amenities.
Funds will even be used to develop additional its trendy agricultural service platform – which trains farmers in China – and to repay long-term debt, it mentioned.
The Swiss seeds and crop safety big was purchased in 2017 for $43 billion by ChemChina, which was folded into Sinochem Holdings Corp this yr.
The acquisition stays China’s greatest takeover of a international firm and is aimed toward utilizing Syngenta’s top-tier chemical substances and patent-protected seeds to drastically enhance home agricultural output.
Since being taken over, Syngenta has been merged with Israeli agrochemical agency ADAMA and the fertiliser and seed enterprise of Sinochem.
Syngenta, the world’s No.1 crop safety maker and No. three seed provider, competes with Germany’s BASF BASFn.DE, Bayer BAYGn.DE and U.S. agrochemicals firm Corteva CTVA.N within the speeds and sprays market.
The corporate employs 49,000 individuals globally and generated gross sales of $23.1 billion in 2020. Its greatest markets are the USA and Brazil, whereas it’s rising quickly in China.
Syngenta reported first-quarter gross sales of $7.1 billion, 20% increased year-on-year, with earnings earlier than curiosity, tax, depreciation and amortisation rising 19% to $1.5 billion.
Internet revenue rose 72% within the first quarter, the prospectus mentioned.
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(Reporting by John Revill in Zurich, Meg Shen in Hong Kong and Dominque Patton in Beijing; Modifying by David Clarke)
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