st. Lewis–(business wire)–benson hill, Inc. (NYSE: BHIL, “the Company” or “Benson Hill”), a foodtech company that unlocks the natural genetic diversity of plants, today entered into an agreement to sell assets and shares related to its Fresh business. announced that it did. Totaling $21 million, he is a two-part transaction, of which approximately $18 million will be realized in his gross cash proceeds in 2022, with the remainder of the transaction he expects to close in the second quarter of 2023.
Today’s announcement represents execution of expected milestones as Benson Hill focuses on global opportunities across its ingredients segment. The company intends to use the proceeds from the sale to complement its plans to fully fund the business, including debt repayment, and to execute its previously announced strategic initiatives.
Benson Hill Chief Financial Officer Dean Freeman said: “We believe there is significant opportunity to grow our unique ingredients portfolio in the food, oil and aquaculture markets. It will allow for more disciplined capital allocation to support.”
On December 29, 2022, Benson Hill completed the first part of the transaction. This includes the sale of Vero Beach, Florida, facilities, real estate and packhouses to IMG Enterprises, a diversified agribusiness in Groveland, Florida. Purchase price of $18 million, subject to regular adjustments. The company’s remaining Fresh business will be sold to IMG Enterprises in the second quarter of 2023 for a purchase price of $3 million, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement.
Benson Hill records the Fresh segment as a discontinued operation. Following the closing of the second transaction, the Company expects to record a non-cash write-off of approximately 50% of the book value of the business.
Additional details of the sale are set forth in the documents posted on the Company’s Investor Relations page.
Timothee Sallin, co-CEO of IMG Enterprises, said: “As a leading family-owned Florida agribusiness, our aim is to add value through vertical integration across our supply chain and diversification into new crops and market segments. is ideally located to expand our operations and serve our customers in the Southeastern U.S. more efficiently.Additional farmland allows for further crop diversification and expansion of our core products. will be.”
financial outlook
In November, the company reported third quarter financial results and raised its outlook for 2022. Following these transactions, management maintained his full-year 2022 outlook for the raw materials segment and consolidated his EBITDA and free cash flow, adjusted.
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Ingredient Division revenues of $370 million to $390 million (currently consolidated revenue).When
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Consolidated gross income of $11 million to $14 million (represents an adjustment to account for the expected contribution of approximately $3 million from the Fresh segment).
The Company also maintains its 2025 outlook for the Ingredients segment with revenues of over $450 million, as announced in the financial section of Investor Day on April 5, 2022. We continue to expect to achieve positive EBITDA and positive free cash flow in 2025 given the market opportunity of our proprietary soybean portfolio and continued progress on our margin expansion objectives.
Benson Hill management expects to provide preliminary results for 2022 and initial guidance for 2023 on February 2, 2023.
About Benson Hill
Benson Hill advances food with CropOS® The platform is a cutting-edge food innovation engine that combines data science and machine learning with biology and genetics. Benson Hill aims to empower innovators to unlock nature’s genetic diversity from plant to table, creating nutritious, delicious, widely accessible and sustainable food options. For more information, visit his website at: bensonhill.com or on Twitter @bensonhillinc.
About IMG Enterprise
Founded in 1979 by Michel and Veronique Sallin, IMG Enterprises has grown to become the multi-million dollar holding company of Cherrylake, IMG Citrus and Legacy Wilderness Preserve. The companies are united through their commitment to Florida agribusiness and common ownership and leadership under IMG Enterprises. For more information, see: https://imgenterprises.com/.
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