Date: 2025-09-30Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
CCI approves the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company’s (SALIC/Acquirer) proposed indirect acquisition of 44.58% and up to 64.57% of the issued share capital of Olam Agri Holdings Limited (Olam Agri/Target)
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the proposed indirect acquisition of 44.58% and up to 64.57% of the issued share capital of Olam Agri Holdings Limited (Olam Agri/Target) by the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company's (SALIC/Acquirer). SALIC is a joint stock company incorporated in the KSA. It is an investment company with investments both in the KSA and internationally in companies active in the fields of agriculture and trading of food commodities. Olam Agri is incorporated and headquartered in Singapore and mainly operates as a merchant and processor of agricultural goods and is active throughout the entire value chain. The release was posted on 30 SEP 2025 8:09PM by PIB Delhi, with Release ID: 2173329.
Key Entities Referenced
Competition Commission of India: Indian regulator approving the acquisition.
Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC/Acquirer): The acquirer in the proposed transaction.
Olam Agri Holdings Limited (Olam Agri/Target): The target company being acquired.
KSA: Location where SALIC is incorporated and invests
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock
Investment Company’s (SALIC/Acquirer) proposed
indirect acquisition of 44.58% and up to 64.57% of
the issued share capital of Olam Agri Holdings
Limited (Olam Agri/Target)
Posted On: 30 SEP 2025 8:09PM by PIB Delhi
The Competition Commission of India has approved the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment
Company’s (SALIC/Acquirer) proposed indirect acquisition of 44.58% and up to 64.57% of the issued share
capital of Olam Agri Holdings Limited (Olam Agri/Target).
The ‘Proposed Combination’ involves the acquisition of SALIC’s proposed indirect acquisition of 44.58%
and up to 64.57% of the issued share capital of Olam Agri.
SALIC is a joint stock company incorporated in the KSA. It is an investment company with investments both
in the KSA and internationally in companies active in the fields of agriculture and trading of food
commodities. SALIC’s agri-business is focused on farming and procurement as well as importing
commodities into the KSA. SALIC is present in India through LT Foods Limited in the trading of various
agri-commodities.
Olam Agri is incorporated and headquartered in Singapore and mainly operates as a merchant and processor
of agricultural goods and is active throughout the entire value chain. In India, Olam Agri, directly and
indirectly, undertakes the sales of various agri-commodities at the wholesale level and, with respect to basmati
rice only, also at the retail level. Olam Agri is also active in the trading of various agri-commodities.
Detailed order of the Commission will follow.
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(Release ID: 2173329)