Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

After taking the Andres family's equity, Polaris Capital owns a 90.3% stake in ADM.

In the face of this shareholding ratio, other small shareholders have no room for resistance.

In the face of the acquisition issued by Polaris Capital, they all accepted it with interest.

In just two days, the remaining 9.7% of the shares were all acquired, and Polaris Capital completed 100% of ADM.

Before and after, it cost a total of 1.58425 billion US dollars.

Just grabbed such an international bulk trade giant with a total asset of US$4.579 billion and a net asset of US$2.005 billion.

After completing the acquisition, Xia Yu began to solve other hidden dangers and fulfilled the agreement by the way.

First of all, on the FBI side, the charge was placed on an employee, Darnell Andres was picked out, and after the procedure was completed, he was sentenced to a small fine at most.

Of course, the benefits of manipulating grain prices went into ADM's pockets after all, so ADM will still be fined in the end, but the fines will definitely be minimized.

More importantly, if this time is punished, all the previous crimes will be settled. For ADM, it is a good thing to eliminate huge hidden dangers, so as not to be targeted by a consortium of the same size in the future, it is not a good end. of.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the General Administration of Customs have also completed a comprehensive inspection of all imported 200,000 tons of Brazilian soybeans. No problems were found, and they were approved for entry.

...

"Chairman, this is the latest work report submitted by Swire Agriculture Group."

In Kowloon, Xiangjiang, Huo Jianning entered Xia Yu's office and took the report submitted below.

After Xia Yu took it, he browsed it carefully, then picked up the pen and wrote on it for a few minutes.

Then it was pushed to Huo Jianning again, and he said with a light smile: "Jianning, follow my instructions and let Taikoo Agricultural Group make some adjustments."

"ADM has been acquired by the United States, and can reach a strategic cooperation with there. ADM can't help rice, but ADM is much stronger than Swire Agricultural Group for oil crops, corn, wheat and other crops. After reaching a cooperation, we can avoid a lot of detours.”

"Now Swire Agriculture Group can take a bigger step,

Courage a little bigger. "

Huo Jianning picked up the material, glanced at it, nodded and replied, "Understood, I will convey your meaning."

Xia Yu nodded slightly, and suddenly asked, "By the way, how far have you collected the information on the global seed field that you have collected here?"

"Chairman, all regions have submitted the materials, and the Secretariat is still refining and integrating these materials, and they will be available tomorrow."

Huo Jianning had already understood the situation before he came, so his answer was smooth at this time.

"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow."

...

The next day, the weather was relatively poor, and Xiangjiang was enveloped by heavy rain.

Xia Yu didn't go out at all, and let people send the integrated information to his home.

Taking advantage of the time to tease the baby, he read the information.

In fact, Swire Agriculture Group and ADM not only operate the cultivation and sales of agricultural and sideline products, but also have seed breeding departments.

After all, these two companies have been working in these fields for seventy or eighty years or even a hundred years. As long as the operators are mindful, they will improve the layout of the industrial chain.

but!

After all, Swire Agriculture Group and ADM are not professional seed companies. The two companies may be top-notch in a certain variety, but they cannot be first-class in the breeding and improvement of all crop seeds.

Therefore, it can only buy seeds from the top seed companies in the world, so as to ensure sufficient competitiveness.

Currently.

The world's largest seed company is the American Pioneer Seed Company, which was founded in 1926 by Henry Wallett, the father of American corn hybridization.

After 60 years of development, Pioneer Seed Company has developed into the largest development and sales company of hybrid corn seeds in the world. Its corn seed planting area has reached nearly 300 million mu, accounting for 22% of the global corn planting area. In the global seed market, Pioneer Seed's hybrid corn seed share reached 43%.

In addition to corn seeds, Pioneer Seeds also sells a lot of soybeans, sorghum, sunflower, and alfalfa seeds, among which soybean seeds account for a quarter of the U.S. market and sorghum seeds account for one-sixth.

As for this company, Xia Yu knew that the future generations were acquired by the DuPont consortium for 7.7 billion US dollars before entering the millennium and merged into the DuPont company, which caused a huge sensation at the time.

The second place is the notorious Monsanto Company in later generations. This company attaches great importance to the research and development and cultivation of genetically modified seeds, and ranks first in the world in terms of seed genetically modified technology.

Monsanto's seed business is mainly cotton, soybean and corn seeds and is a major competitor to Pioneer Seeds in the US market.

In later generations, Monsanto was acquired by Germany's Bayer, and the transaction amount felt 63 billion US dollars, which is definitely a sky-high price!

The third in the world is the French Limagrain Seed Company, which was founded in 1942 and is mainly engaged in the field of vegetable seeds. It is currently the world's No. 1 vegetable seed company.

The fourth in the world is the pharmaceutical giant Novartis of Switzerland. They also have strong strength in the field of seeds, and their main business is vegetable seeds.

The fifth largest seed company in the world is the largest seed company in Mexico, Sannis. The company's main seed business is melon, fruit and vegetable seeds, of which vegetable seeds account for one-fifth of the world market.

Except for these companies.

Astra of Sweden, Zielikon of the United Kingdom, Royal Van der Hav Group of the Netherlands, Soldkengan of the United States, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus of France, Denmark Seed Company, Great Lakes Seed Company of the United States, Bunge Company, West Germany Information has been collected from internationally renowned seed companies such as Bayer, Delta Seed Company and so on.

As for the seed giants such as Swiss Syngenta, Edvarta, American Dow Chemical Company, Germany BASF Company, etc., they all evolved after the merger of the above companies.

At present, the global seed market, like the bulk trade market, is still in a state of healthy competition and development, and has not entered the stage of hostile mergers and acquisitions.

Therefore, on a global scale, there are still many players in the seed market, and there is also a lot of room for acquisition options.

but!

In fact, if you want to build a global seed overlord and completely strengthen the industrial chain of bulk trade in crops, the range of choices is really not large.

Needless to say, Pioneer Seed Company, the world's No. 1 seed company, despite its reputation, had less than $700 million in seed sales last year!

With Xia Yu's strength, eating it was like sprinkling water.

Secondly, Monsanto, the overlord of genetically modified technology, can not let it go. The company's turnover in the seed field last year was only 577 million US dollars.

Genetically modified agricultural technology is the mainstream trend of American agriculture in the future. It is unavoidable. Holding it is holding the artery of industry development.

More importantly, instead of letting Monsanto harm the mainland in the hands of others, it is better to be caught by him and go to harm other countries, so as not to poison the mainland.

As long as the American Pioneer Seed Company and Monsanto Company win, the two fields of soybean and corn will occupy more than half of the world market and will firmly occupy the dominant position.

And in cotton, wheat, sorghum, sunflower, linseed and other crop seeds, it can also fully enter the first-class camp in the industry.

Then there is the Delta Seed Company in the United States, the world's largest cotton seed company, which must also be won. By combining the strengths of the three companies, the cotton seed market can also occupy more than half of the world.

The last ones Xia Yu targeted were the French Limagrain Company and the Mexican Saint-Nice Seed Company.

These two are giants of vegetables, fruits and seeds, one is number one in the world and the other is number three in the world. As long as both are won and merged together, they will also sit firmly in the field of vegetables and fruits and seeds. Dominance, far surpassing the second Swiss company Novartis.

It's not that Xia Yu doesn't look down on Novartis in Switzerland, but the possibility of this company's acquisition is unlikely, even if it is only the seed business.

After all, Novartis Switzerland is a global pharmaceutical giant, and the seed business is just a small department of it. Novartis Switzerland is also controlled by an old European consortium and is one of the signature companies in the European pharmaceutical field. How can it be acquired so easily?

Therefore, Xia Yu had no choice but to choose the Mexican Sannis Seed Company.

However, this is also good. The French Limagrain Company and the Mexican Saint-Nice Company are distributed on two continents, and there is little overlap in the business area. If they can be merged, the reinforcement effect will be better.

As long as these five companies can be acquired, and the seed businesses of ADM and Swire Agriculture are also divested and merged, then a global seed overlord with no shortcomings can definitely be created.

Without hesitation, the very rich Xia Yu immediately gave instructions to let the Polaris consortium and the Guangming consortium act separately.

The Polaris consortium is responsible for the acquisition of Pioneer Seed Company, Monsanto Company and Delta Seed Company of the United States, all three of which are located in the United States. With the energy of the Polaris consortium, the acquisition is simpler and faster.

The Bright Consortium is responsible for the acquisition of France's Limagrain Company and Mexico's Saint-Nice Seed Company.

The acquisition, as Xia Yu expected, went very smoothly.

In the absence of other competitors, the money cleared the way, and it was not used for a month, and all five seed companies were acquired.

The cumulative cost is 3.27 billion US dollars.

After the five companies were acquired, Swire Agri and ADM also divested their seed businesses and merged directly into one seed company.

Xia Yu named it - Earth Agriculture Group.

Once the news was announced, the global agricultural market was shaken, and all major seed companies were scared to death.

The idea of ​​merging appears in the minds of almost every seed company owner, because with their current strength, they simply cannot compete head-on with the Earth Agriculture Group.

It is foreseeable that in the next few years, the global seed field will usher in great changes.

But no matter what, Xia Yu took the lead. Even if these seed companies merged with each other, it is unlikely that they would merge into a giant of the same size. It is very likely to form a pattern of super strong.

However, for the latter, he has his own shrewd subordinates to deal with, and he is only responsible for the top-level strategy...