Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Shur-Gain part of purchase offer


 
Shur-Gain is part of a deal that has been struck to sell its owner, Nutreco, to a Dutch investment company, SHV. It is a family-controlled company.

The offer of $3.4 billion US is a 42 per cent premium over the recent market price for company shares.

The offer is conditional on buying all of the shares. The deal could also be terminated if a third party were to bid eight per cent or more above the offer price.

Nutreco, which is based at Amersfoort and had 2013 sales of 5.2 billion euros, said it received guarantees from SHV that it would continue its growth strategy, including acquisitions, and that it would keep its headquarters in the Netherlands.

“SHV will be an excellent partner, enabling us to maintain our corporate identity, culture, values and organization,” said Knut Nesse, CEO of Nutreco.
Nutreco bought the Shur-Gain and Landmark Feeds divisions from Maple Leaf Foods Inc. in 2007.

Landmark is based in Manitoba and Shur-Gain operates mainly in Ontario and Quebec. Nutreco’s Canadian head office is in Guelph.

Canada Packers set up Shur-Gain in 1937 to complement its meat-packing business which was mainly slaughtering hogs in Toronto.

Maple Leaf Mills bought Canada Packers in 1990 and then the McCain family, backed by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, bought Maple Leaf Mills Inc.

The McCains then bought Schneider Corp. and earlier this year sold a number of assets, including Canada Bread, Rothsay Concentrates rendering operations and turkey farms and a processing plant.