April 30, 2025 – Tether Investments S.A. de C.V. (“Tether”), a worldwide know-how firm and strategic investor, as we speak introduced the profitable acquisition of a 70% controlling stake in Adecoagro S.A. (NYSE: AGRO), a number one sustainable manufacturing firm in South America. This milestone represents a significant step in Tether’s broader technique to develop past digital finance and into real-world infrastructure—together with power, agriculture, information, and communications.
Tether’s engagement with Adecoagro started in September 2024 with a $100 million funding for a 9.8% stake, signaling its intent to help and scale sustainable real-world asset (RWA) manufacturing. The transfer was a part of Tether’s rising concentrate on leveraging its capital and technological experience to put money into companies that help financial freedom and long-term resilience in rising markets.
The bulk acquisition introduced as we speak builds on that preliminary funding, marking a decisive step in Tether’s long-term technique to grow to be a key participant in world, real-world infrastructure. With majority possession secured, Tether is now ready to speed up Adecoagro’s development and align its board and operations with a forward-looking imaginative and prescient centered on renewable power, environment friendly useful resource use, and regional improvement.
Following the acquisition, vital adjustments have been made to Adecoagro’s Board of Administrators to replicate the corporate’s new possession construction and strategic course. 5 outgoing board members—Mrs. Ana Cristina Russo, Mr. Guillaume van der Linden, Mr. Alan Leland Boyce, Mr. Andres Velasco Brañes, and Mr. Plinio Musetti—have stepped down. They’re succeeded by new Government Chairman Mr. Juan Sartori, Mr. Christian De Prati, Mr. Andres Larriera, Mr. Kyril Robert Leonid Louis-Dreyfus, and Mr. Oscar Alejandro León Bentancor, who be a part of persevering with members Mrs. Manuela Vaz Artigas, Mr. Ivo Andrés Sarjanovic, Mr. Daniel González, and Mr. Mariano Bosch.
Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, commented:
“Our acquisition of Adecoagro displays Tether’s dedication to advancing sustainable, real-world infrastructure in areas the place funding has traditionally been restricted. By aligning with in Adecoagro’s confirmed experience in agriculture and renewable power, we’re taking one other concrete step towards bridging conventional industries with the way forward for decentralized finance and financial empowerment.”
Mariano Bosch, Co-Founder and CEO of Adecoagro, added:
“Tether’s funding marks a turning level for Adecoagro. Their dedication to constructing sustainable infrastructure enhances our mission and opens thrilling new prospects. I thank our departing Board members for his or her steadfast contributions and warmly welcome the incoming administrators, whose expertise will assist propel us ahead.”
Juan Sartori, newly appointed Chairman of the Board, famous:
“This partnership with Tether brings a brand new period of alternative for Adecoagro. We look ahead to scaling the corporate’s affect in sustainable agriculture and power, reinforcing capital self-discipline, and unlocking long-term worth throughout South America.”
The Audit Committee will now embrace Mrs. Manuela Vaz Artigas, Mr. Ivo Andrés Sarjanovic, and Mr. Oscar Alejandro León Bentancor. The total Board might be confirmed on the Common Shareholders’ Assembly on June 6, 2025.
This acquisition follows a sequence of strikes by Tether to broaden its attain and reassert its position as a worldwide know-how chief, with prior initiatives in bitcoin mining, AI infrastructure, and peer-to-peer communications. By buying a majority stake in Adecoagro, Tether deepens its engagement in productive, long-term investments that ship each financial and societal worth.
