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Citri&Co, the successful project of Miura Partners, has been attracting large investment funds to its orbit for a few months now. Firms such as the Canadian PSP or the private equity manager KKR, Apax Partners or Triton Partners have shown their deep interest in acquiring the agri-food giant, according to Expansión.
However, there is still no formal mandate for this transaction, although preparatory work is being carried out in parallel regarding the materials of the eventual operation. The reality is that Miura Partners has not yet launched the formal process for its purchase, as it plans to negotiate with investors between May and June in order to close the transaction in the second half of the year, when the company has already closed its fiscal year.
The valuation of Citri&Co to which the fund led by Luis Seguí, Juan Leach and Jordi Alegre aspires is 1,500 million. A very high figure due to its status as a leader in the sector at European level, with a commercialization of 850,000 tons of fruit per year, with which it will end the year with a turnover of close to 1,000 million euros.
Among the competitors that will fight for the acquisition of the giant is PSP, the Canadian fund that in 2022 already bought the company’s agricultural land. However, and despite having this plus, as it has only operated in infrastructure assets, it does not have the private equity necessary for its management, which, on the other hand, other funds such as Apax, Brain or KKR do.