Superbac busca reestruturação de dívidas
A empresa brasileira de fertilizantes Superbac entrou com pedido no Tribunal de Justiça do estado de São Paulo (TJ-SP) para renegociar dívidas com credores e bloquear temporariamente os pagamentos por 60 dias, de acordo com solicitação arquivada em 3 de maio.
O pedido, feito para a 1ª Vara de Falências e Recuperação Judicial de São Paulo, não é uma solicitação formal de recuperação judicial, mas sinaliza que a Superbac poderá solicitar o processo no futuro.
De acordo com a petição inicial, a razão para a interrupção é uma "dificuldade financeira momentânea, porém reversível".
A empresa afirma no pedido que a suspensão dos pagamentos é essencial para preservar os ativos da Superbac. Os pagamentos apenas beneficiariam um pequeno grupo de credores e colocariam a empresa em risco, informou a empresa. A dívida total da Superbac é de cerca de R$650 milhões.
Em meio aos credores mencionados no arquivo, estão empresas de fertilizantes como a BPC; bancos como BTG, Santander, Daycoval e XP; fundos de investimentos; e empresas de logística como Multitrans e Coocatrans.
A XP adquiriu uma participação na Superbac em julho de 2023, totalizando R$300 milhões.
Localizada em Cotia, em São Paulo, a Superbac é uma empresa de biotecnologia, fundada em 1995, com operações em diferentes setores, como agricultura, fertilizantes e biofertilizantes, petróleo, gás e saneamento básico. A Superbac corresponde por 50pc dos fertilizantes organominerais e 6pc dos fertilizantes especiais no Brasil, de acordo com a petição. A empresa informou que a queda global no preço das commodities está prejudicando seu crescimento, uma vez que o setor de agricultura representa 99pc de sua receita.
A Superbac tem uma fábrica de fertilizantes organominerais no Paraná, assim como centros de pesquisa nos Estados Unidos, Colômbia, Israel e Singapura.
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