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Court Backs Coper’s Takeover of Atunlo O Grove, Clearing the Way for Control of Cambados Plant

The approved bid advances a restructuring that keeps Galician operations running under Coper while a court-ordered, simultaneous sale of the Portuguese joint venture is slated within a month.

Overview

  • The Commercial Court No. 3 of Pontevedra approved Mare Inversiones, owned by Comercial Pernas (Coper), to acquire roughly 65% of Atunlo O Grove on Oct. 15.
  • The accepted offer includes a €500,000 payment for the 65.43% stake after a €100,000 deposit, with the court noting it values the price favorably.
  • Control of Frigoríficos de Cambados transfers with the stake because Atunlo O Grove owns 100% of the Cambados unit.
  • The judge ordered the Atunlo O Grove deal and the sale of the 50% stake in Central Lomera Portuguesa (CLP) to execute simultaneously within one month, describing Marfrío’s €1.4 million CLP proposal as firm, serious and credible.
  • Coper says it aims to revive the former Atunlo plants and plans to divest the Portuguese facility, with the accepted structure tying 40% of the eventual CLP sale price into the transaction.