Stock Code: 000553 (200553) Stock Abbreviation: ADAMA A(B) Announcement No. 2020-59
ADAMA Ltd.
Announcement on theAcquisition of a 51% of the
Equity Stake in Jiangsu Kelinong Agrochemical
Co.,Ltd. and anAdditional 1% in Shanghai Dibai
Plant Protection Co., Ltd.
The Company and all members of the Company’s Board of Directors confirm that all
information disclosed herein is true, accurate and complete, with no false or
misleading statement or material omission.
Please be aware:
1. For the purpose of Kelinong Transaction (as defined below), Jiangsu Hui feng
Agrochemical Co., Ltd. (“Huifeng”) shall complete its restructuring in relation to the
Target Business (as defi ned below), in which Huifeng shall transfer all its assets in
relation to the Target Business to Jiangsu Kelinong Co., Ltd. (“Kelinong”), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Huifeng established for the purpose of the restructuring,
according to the EPA (as defined below) (“Restructuring”).
2. In this Transaction (as defined below), (i) the enterprise value on a cash-free,
debt-free basis of Kelinongafter completion of its Restr ucturi ng is RMB
1,800,000,000. The Purchase Price of the Kelinong Equities (as defined below) shall
be determined based on the enterprise value of Kelinongbut shall be subject to the net
debt and net operating working capital of the Target Business at the Closing Date (as
defined below), and (ii) the enterprise value on a cash-free, debt-free basis of
Shanghai Dibai Plant Protection Co., Ltd. (“Dibai”) is RMB 600,000,000. The
Purchase Price of Dibai Equities (as defined below) shall be determined based on the
enterprise value of Dibai but shall be subject to the net debt of Dibai at the Closing
Date.
3. Required government review from the perspective of a nti -tr ust law in relation
to this Transaction shall be completed.
4. This Transaction shall further be approved by the shareholders meeting of
Huifeng.
5. China National Chemical Corporation Ltd., as the s upervi sing authority of the
state-owned assets, has approved this Transaction and is in the process of the filing
procedure of the assets appraisal report onthe Target Equities of this Transaction.
I. Overview of the Transaction
1. On January 10, 2019, the Company and Huifeng signed the Memorandum of
Understanding on the Acquisition of Certain Assets (“Memorandum of
Understanding”), which has been publicly announced by the Company on the website
http://www.cninfo.com.cn on January 11, 2019 (Announcement No.: 2019-5), and on
November 6, 2019 the Company and Huifeng si gned an equity purchase agreement
(“Dibai EPA”), which has been publicly announced by the Company on the website
http://www.cninfo.com.cn on November 6, 2019 (Announcement No.: 2019-54). As
an important implementation step of the Memorandum of Understanding and the
Dibai EPA, the Company executed Equity Purchase Agreement (“EPA”) with
Huifeng on October 28, 2020, according to which Huifeng shall transfer all its assets
in relation to the Target Business to Kelinong, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huifeng
established for the purpose of the Restructuring, and then the Company will intends to
acquire the 51% of equity stake in Kelinong(“KelinongEquities”) after completionof
the Restructuring (“Kelinong Transaction”); the Company also intends to acquire 1%
of equity stake in Dibai after the close of the transaction under the Dibai EPA
according to the EPA (“Dibai Equities”, together with Kelinong Equities, “Target
Equities”) (“Dibai Transaction”, together with Kelinong Transaction, “Transaction”).
The enterprise value on a cash-free, debt-free basis of Kelinong after completionof its
Restructuring is RMB 1,800,000,000 and the Purchase Price of Kelinong Equities
shall be determined based on the enterprise value of Kelinong but shall be subject to
the net debt and net operating working capital of the Target Business at the Closing
Date. The enterprise value on a cash-free, debt-free basis of Dibai is RMB
600,000,000 and the Purchase Price of Dibai Equities shall be determined based on
the enterprise value of Dibai but shall be subject to the net debt of Dibai at the
Closing Date. Following the completion of this Transaction, the Company will hold
51% of both the equity stake in reorganized Kelinongand Dibai.
2. On October 28, 2020, the 27th Meeting of the 8th session of the Board of
Directors of the Company approved the Proposal on the Acquisition of a 51% Equity
Stake in Jiangsu Kelinong Agrochemical Co., Ltd. and an Additional 1% in Shanghai
Dibai Plant Protection Co., Ltd., there were five affirmative votes, zero negative votes
and zero abstentions. The Transaction is within the approval line of the Board of
Directors and is not subject to the approval of the shareholders.
3. This Transaction does neither const