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Amira Nature Foods

Amira Nature Foods
Leadership team

Mr. Karan A. Chanana (Chairman, CEO & Pres)

Mr. Brian M. Speck (Chief Financial Officer)

Mr. Tobias Strerath (Chief Exec. Officer of Basmati Rice GmbH Europe)

Products/ Services
Food Processing, Organic, Organic Food
Number of Employees
0 - 50
Headquarters
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Established
1915
Company Registration
SEC CIK number: 0001552448
Revenue
20M - 100M
Traded as
NYSE:ANFI
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Overview
Location
Summary
Amira Nature Foods Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the processing, sourcing, and selling of packaged Indian specialty rice. The company provides various types of basmati rice, other specialty rice and other food products, edible oils, and organic products under the Amira brand; and non-basmati specialty rice. It also sells bulk commodities, including wheat, barley, legume, maize, sugar, soybean meal, onion, potato, and millet products to international and regional trading firms, as well as third party branded products. The company sells its products to buyers in the Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and North America. Amira Nature Foods Ltd. was founded in 1915 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
History

Amira Nature Foods Ltd was founded in 1915 under the name Nav Bharat by B.D. Chanana, as a trading house buying and selling locally grown beans. The company was later taken over by B.D. Chanana's son, Karam Chanana. In 1968, the third generation of the family, Anil Chanana, joined the company, changed the name to Amira, and began focusing on exporting. Karan A. Chanana, the current chairman, is the fourth generation of his family to run the company.The company is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with additional offices in India, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States and Canada.Since 2008, the company has been selling products under its Amira brand.Amira Nature Foods Ltd went public on the New York Stock Exchange in October 2012. In December 2013, in an effort to further expand into the European market, Amira announced a deal to purchase Basmati Rice GmbH, a Germany-based distributor of rice, primarily basmati. It was the company's first acquisition since going public.In 2014, Amira Pure Foods announced an e-retailing partnership with Snapdeal to sell its basmati rice online.

Recent history and financial difficulties

In March 2018, the company recognized an impairment of $134 million USD as a result of quality deterioration of stored rice.

Until 2018, Amira Nature Foods Ltd was the parent company of Amira Pure Foods, an Indian company that operates a 310,000 square-foot processing and milling facility in basmati rice paddy-producing regions of North India. In November 2018, Amira Nature Foods Ltd reduced its ownership of subsidiary company Amira India from 80.4% to 49.8%. This debt restructuring reduced Amira India's indebtedness from $250.23 million USD to $35.08 million. As a result of the reduction in ownership below 50%, Amira India is no longer a subsidiary of Amira Nature Foods Ltd and is not included in the consolidated financial statement. This significant change in the company structure saw the total assets of Amira Nature Foods Ltd decrease from $512.8 million in 2018 to only $26.2 million in 2019, and accordingly the financial results from 2019 onwards are not comparable with the results from previous years.

In its regulatory filings for March 2019 , Amira reported revenues of $64.4 million USD and losses of $-357.88 million USD. The company's auditor indicated "substantial doubt" as to Amira's ability to continue as a going concern. The company reported that it was being pursued in the Indian courts under section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, with a lender seeking repayment of a loan of $14.1 million. Amira cited the cause as being an inability to serve its debts and pay the liabilities.

On August 18, 2020, Amira Nature Food Ltd's ordinary shares were suspended from trading on the New York Stock Exchange due to non-timely filing of the company's 2019 and 2020 annual report.The company's shares were permanently removed from listing and registration on the New York Stock Exchange on December 29 2020. The NYSE determined that the company was not suitable for listing because of delays and non-publication of its 2019 and 2020 annual reports. Amira Nature Foods Ltd had appealed the August 18 notice, but formally withdrew their appeal on December 14, 2020. While the company had filed its 2019 report, its 2020 Report remains unpublished and the company has failed to publish any annual reports since.

Mission
Amira Nature Foods strives to enrich lives through healthy, nutritious and delicious Basmati Rice. We are committed to our vision of supplying world-class healthy and sustainable foods at an affordable price.
Vision
The mission of Amira Nature Foods is to be a leader in the global food industry. The company hopes to improve lives through access to quality, healthy and sustainable foods that are accessible at an affordable price.
Key Team

Mr. Thomas Dennhardt (Chief Exec. Officer of Amira Basmati Rice GmbH)

Recognition and Awards
In 2020, Amira Nature Foods was awarded the CII Excellence Award for its commitment to providing healthy, sustainable and high-quality Basmati Rice to its customers. In 2018, the company was awarded the UN Global Regional Award for Supplier of the Year.
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Amira Nature Foods
Leadership team

Mr. Karan A. Chanana (Chairman, CEO & Pres)

Mr. Brian M. Speck (Chief Financial Officer)

Mr. Tobias Strerath (Chief Exec. Officer of Basmati Rice GmbH Europe)

Products/ Services
Food Processing, Organic, Organic Food
Number of Employees
0 - 50
Headquarters
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Established
1915
Company Registration
SEC CIK number: 0001552448
Revenue
20M - 100M
Traded as
NYSE:ANFI
Social Media