Key & Company - Investment Bankers for Food and Agriculture Companies

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Key & Company provides advisory services to clients who want a strong advocate for maximizing shareholder value. We are engaged by clients that recognize the value in retaining professionals with specific knowledge in the food and agriculture industries.

We assemble the capital resources, technical personnel, information resources, databases and contacts to achieve the financial and strategic objectives of our clients.

Client Examples include:
• Biotechnology Firms
• Branded Food Companies
• Financial Institutions Focused on Agribusiness
• Integrated Agribusiness
• Meat and Poultry Processors
• Private Equity Firms
• Fresh Produce Companies
• Tropical Fruit Companies
• Venture Capital Firms

Completed engagements are offered below as examples of how we succeed for our clients.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Merger: Two seed companies with complementary
	product lines wanted to merge their businesses and needed a financial advisor to value the respective interests of each and combine their interests.

Acquisitions: An investment firm wanted assistance in
	targeting and acquiring companies for a consolidation of e-commerce sites in the food sector.

Sales and Divestitures

Sale: The owner of a fast-growing branded food company
	wanted help in seeking a buyer for his business and needed to design a confidential process to achieve maximum value.

Divestiture: A multi-national seed company wanted to
	accelerate the divestiture of a subsidiary and wanted investment banking services to develop the market and execute the transaction.

Growth Capital

Equity Capital: A rapidly growing animal genetics
	company needed help in finding new equity capital to build its product line and enter a new market.

Debt capital: A growing micronutrient manufacturer
	needed long-term capital to refinance short-term debt and fund capital expenditures for a new plant.