UPL surges on acquiring 40% stake in Sinagro group

01 Jul 2015 Evaluate

UPL is currently trading at Rs. 544.80, up by 9.65 points or 1.80% from its previous closing of Rs. 535.15 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 539.90 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 547.00 and Rs. 538.40 respectively. So far 37605 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 574.80 on 26-Jun-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 297.45 on 11-Aug-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 574.80 and Rs. 531.55 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 23290.36 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 29.80% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 56.37% and 13.75% respectively.

UPL has completed the transaction to acquire 40 per cent stake in Sinagro group, a Brazilian company, based in Mato Grosso. Earlier in March, the company through its step-down subsidiary had entered into a deal to acquire the stake in the Brazilian firm, subject to necessary approvals.

Sinagro is one of the leading distributors of farm inputs in the Cerrado region of Brazil and also is in the business of agricultural production and trading of grains. The company, however, did not disclose the cost at which it acquired the shares.

UPL (formerly United Phosphorus) is global player of crop protection products has customer base in 123 countries. It has subsidiary offices in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, South Africa, USA, UK, Vietnam and Zambia.

 

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