DSM To Acquire 19% Interest in Andre Pectin

HEERLEN, The NetherlandsRoyal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today signed agreements to acquire a 19% equity interest in Yantai Andre Pectin Co. Ltd. (Andre Pectin), a China-based producer of texturing ingredients.

Under terms of the agreements, DSM has option rights to increase its stake in Andre Pectin to a majority stake at a later stage. The agreements are subject to customary approvals and certain closing conditions, including the approval of the selling partys shareholders; closing is expected in third quarter 2013.

Andre Pectin, headquartered in Yantai (Shandong Province, China), was established in 2003 and is active in the manufacturing and sale of apple and citrus pectin, a key food ingredient providing texture, as well as pectin-related health supplements. Andre Pectin realizes annual net sales of around 30 million.