Compass Minerals invests in Brazilian agribusiness company
Overland Park-based Compass Minerals is buying a 35 percent stake in a Brazilian company that manufactures and distributes specialty plant nutrients.
Compass said it will pay $115.9 million for the investment in Produquimica Industria e Comercio SA.
Compass expects to complete the transaction by the end of December.
It said the agreement allows it to gain total ownership of the Sao Paulo-based company by early 2019.
“Produquimica is a good strategic fit with our existing plant nutrition business, and this investment is an important part of our growth plan,” Fran Malecha, president and chief executive of Compass, said in a statement.
The Star
This story was originally published December 17, 2015 at 1:42 PM with the headline "Compass Minerals invests in Brazilian agribusiness company."