Lavoro Announces New R$310 Million 3-Year FIDC-Fiagro Credit Facility
August 02 2024 - 7:15PM
Lavoro Limited (Nasdaq: LVRO), the first U.S.-listed pure-play
agricultural inputs retailer in Latin America, today announced the
establishment of a new R$310 million (approximately USD$55 million
based on current exchange rates) credit facility with a three-year
term, financed through a new Agribusiness Credit Rights Investment
Fund (FIDC-Fiagro).
The newly established Lavoro Agro Fundo de
Investimentos nas Cadeias Produtivas Agroindustriais (FIDC-Fiagro),
established under Brazilian agribusiness investment fund
regulations with the purpose of investing in agribusiness
receivables sold to Lavoro.
The proceeds from this issuance will be used to
support Lavoro’s ongoing working capital needs and other general
corporate purposes. This represents Lavoro’s second FIDC-Fiagro
facility, following the inaugural R$160 million Fiagro established
in 2022.
Commenting on the financing, Ruy Cunha, CEO of
Lavoro, stated: “This new Fiagro marks another step in our
commitment to optimizing our capital structure, helping support our
long-term growth plans by improving debt maturities and broadening
our range of funding sources.”
The issuance, split into two series maturing in
July 2027, is managed by Kanastra Administração de Recursos, with
Itaú BBA as the lead coordinator. The offering is exclusive to
primary investors such as Itaú BBA and Itaú Asset, with no plans
for secondary market distribution.
About Lavoro
Lavoro Limited is Brazil's largest agricultural
inputs retailer and a leading producer of agriculture biological
products. Lavoro's shares and warrants are listed on the Nasdaq
stock exchange under the tickers "LVRO" and "LVROW." Through its
comprehensive portfolio of products and services, the company
empowers small and medium-size farmers to adopt the latest emerging
agricultural technologies and enhance their productivity. Since its
founding in 2017, Lavoro has broadened its reach across Latin
America, serving 72,000 customers in Brazil, Colombia, and Uruguay,
via its team of over 1,000 technical sales representatives (RTVs),
its network of over 210 retail locations, and its digital
marketplace and solutions. Lavoro's RTVs are local trusted advisors
to farmers, regularly meeting them to provide agronomic
recommendations throughout the crop cycle to drive optimized
outcomes.
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ability to realize expected results, grow revenue from existing
customers, and consummate acquisitions; opportunities, trends, and
developments in the agricultural input industry, including with
respect to future financial performance in the industry. These
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circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will
differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are
beyond the control of Lavoro.
These forward-looking statements are subject to
a number of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to,
the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against
Lavoro related to the business combination agreement or the
transaction; the ability to maintain the listing of Lavoro’s
securities on Nasdaq; the price of Lavoro’s securities may be
volatile due to a variety of factors, including changes in the
competitive and regulated industries in which Lavoro operates,
variations in operating performance across competitors, changes in
laws and regulations affecting Lavoro’s business; Lavoro’s
inability to meet or exceed its financial projections and changes
in the consolidated capital structure; changes in general economic
conditions; the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and
other expectations, changes in domestic and foreign business,
market, financial, political and legal conditions; the outcome of
any potential litigation, government and regulatory proceedings,
investigations and inquiries; costs related to the business
combination and being a public company and other risks and
uncertainties indicated from time to time in the proxy
statement/prospectus filed by Lavoro relating to the business
combination or in the future, including those under "Risk Factors”
therein, or Lavoro’s other filings with the SEC. If any of these
risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual
results could differ materially from the results implied by these
forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that
Lavoro currently believes are immaterial that could also cause
actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements.
In addition, forward-looking statements reflect
Lavoro’s expectations, plans, or forecasts of future events and
views as of the date of this press release. Lavoro anticipates that
subsequent events and developments will cause Lavoro’s assessments
to change. However, while Lavoro may elect to update these
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Lavoro
specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing Lavoro’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the
date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not
be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
Contact Information:
Tigran Karapetian, Head of Investor
Relationstigran.karapetian@lavoroagro.com
Fernanda Rosa, Investor Relations
Coordinatorfernanda.rosa@lavoroagro.com
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