Jan 31 (Reuters) - Agrico Acquisition Corp RICO.O :
* KALERA TO GO PUBLIC ON NASDAQ THROUGH MERGER WITH AGRICO
ACQUISITION CORP
* ALL-STOCK TRANSACTION PUTS EQUITY VALUE OF COMBINED CO AT
ABOUT
$375 MILLION ON A FULLY DILUTED PRO FORMA BASIS
* AGRICO ACQUISITION- BASED ON COMMON STOCK OF AGRICO AT $10
PER
SHARE, TRANSACTION IMPLIES AN EXCHANGE RATIO OF 0.091 FOR
EXISTING KALERA SHAREHOLDERS
* AGRICO ACQUISITION CORP- CURTIS MCWILLIAMS TO LEAD KALERA
AS
INTERIM CEO; CURRENT KALERA MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO
OPERATE THE BUSINESS
* AGRICO ACQUISITION CORP - KALERA SHAREHOLDERS WILL ALSO
RECEIVE
ONE CONTRACTUAL CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHT PER SHARE
* AGRICO ACQUISITION - IF NO AGRICO SHAREHOLDERS EXERCISE
REDEMPTION RIGHTS, KALERA AND AGRICO EQUITY HOLDERS WILL OWN
ABOUT 52% AND 42% RESPECTIVELY
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