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UPL Limited (NSE)

UPL Ltd. (NSE: UPL & BSE: 512070) is a global provider of sustainable agriculture products & solutions, with annual revenue exceeding $5 billion. As one of the top 5 agriculture solutions companies worldwide, our robust portfolio consists of biologicals and traditional crop protection solutions with more than 13,600 registrations. With a presence in more than 130 countries and more than 10,000 …

active IndiaAsia Founded 1985 checked 2026-10-05

Profile

UPL Limited (NSE: UPL) is a global agrifood-value-chain company with crop protection, seeds (via Advanta), BioSolutions/post-harvest, and specialty chemicals; it operates in 140+ countries across four platforms: UPL Corp, UPL Sustainable Agri Solutions, Advanta, and SUPERFORM. It focuses on farmer-first innovation through conventional+natural plant protection (ProNutiva®), BioSolutions, and OpenAg®/partner-led R&D, with “lab-to-field” development and active technology pipeline; in FY26 it launched 300+ new products (~$160M launch revenue) and filed 2,500+ dossiers with ~2,700 approvals. Founded in 1985; registered office: 3-11 GIDC, Vapi, Gujarat; corporate contact in Mumbai at Uniphos House, C.D. Marg, 11th Road, Madhu Park, Khar (West), Mumbai. It is listed on NSE (symbol UPL) and BSE (512070) and also has LSE GDRs (UPL). Ownership includes Demuric Holdings Pvt Ltd (~22.03%), LIC (~7.279%) and other institutional investors listed in shareholder data. Scale: about 12,000 employees globally; 43 crop protection manufacturing sites, 32 seeds processing sites, 12,000+ workforce, plus multiple R&D centers. FY26 (year ended Mar 31, 2026): revenue ₹18,335 cr for Q4 and ₹51,839 cr FY total (+11%); operational PATMI >2.5x vs LY; EBITDA ₹3,646 cr (margin 19.9%); gross debt down by $850M vs Mar’25; net debt/EBITDA ~1.6x. 2025-26 developments: proposed group reorganization to simplify into pure-play platforms (UPL Limited remains an active operating company); Specialty Chemicals business transferred to Superform on Dec 1, 2025; Advanta acquired DECCO (post-harvest) in Sept 2025; Advanta initiated DRHP for a proposed public listing (Jan 19, 2026) with up to ~3.61 crore OFS by promoter UPL and existing global investors like KKR; GDRs completed secondary listing on NSE IX effective Jan 30, 2026. Latest FY26 results and disclosures (May 11, 2026) indicate UPL is active.

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Industry
Crop protection, Industrial chemistry, Post-harvest & processing, Seeds & genetics, Veterinary
Topics
Hybrid seeds & crop breeding, Crop protection chemicals & fertilizers
Role
Producer — “…lobally; 43 crop protection manufacturing sites, 32 seeds processing sites, 12,000+ workforce, plus multiple R…”

Bio-solutions it supplies 4

What they offer

Products: Macarena; Kixona; Winero; Neo Root; Tinto; Bionse; Zeba

Certifications: ISO 27001:2022

Applications
crop protection and treatment · seed treatment products · Agri-tech · farm mechanization solutions
Certifications (website)
ISO 27001:2022
Customers & partners
smallholder farmers · industrial farms · cooperatives · PepsiCo
Production sites
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra — crop protection and treatment, seed treatment products, Agri-tech, farm mechanization solutions · Vapi, Gujarat, India — Various chemical products · Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom — Various chemical products · Cary, North Carolina, United States — Various chemical products
Products (website)
Macarena — Plant Growth Promoter · Kixona — Entomopathogenic Nematode (EPN) · Winero — Bio Stimulant · Neo Root — Mycorrhizae complex · Tinto — Bio Stimulant · Bionse — Bio Stimulant · Zeba — Patented starch-based smart climate technology that absorbs water and releases it back to plants.
R&D facilities
25

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News & status 6

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Partners & deals 1

counterpartyUPL Sustainable Agri Solutions Limited
…The company is undergoing a corporate reorganization through a composite scheme of arrangement to consolidate its India and global crop protection businesses into a new entity, UPL Global Sustainable ……

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