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Bunge Limited
50 Main Street, White Plains, NY 10606 * (914) 684-2800
Business Description The company is an integrated, global agribusiness and food company operating in the farm-to-consumer food chain, which ranges from raw materials such as grains and fertilizers to retail food products such as flour and margarine. They have primary operations in North and South America and worldwide distribution capabilities. They conduct our operations in three divisions: agribusiness, fertilizer and food products
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  BG (NYSE) Industry  Manufacturing (SIC 2079)
Type of Stock Offered  Common Shares Filing Date  7/13/2001
Domestic Shares Offered  17,600,000 Offer Date  8/1/2001
Foreign Shares Offered  0 Filing Range  $16.00 - $18.00
Company Shares  17,600,000 Offer Price  $16.00
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $0.940
Gross Proceeds  $281,600,000 Selling  $0.610
Expenses  - - Reallowance  - -
Post-IPO Shares  81,980,000 Employees  18098
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Lead Manager (212) 761-5900
CS First Boston Co-manager (212) 325-2000
Deutsch Banc Alex. Brown Co-manager (410) 727-1700
Merrill Lynch & Co. Co-manager (212) 449-4600
Prudential Securities Incorporated Co-manager (212) 778-5420
Salomon Smith Barney Co-manager (212) 723-7300
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures 3 Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data   12/31/1997 12/31/1998 12/31/1999 12/31/2000 3/31/2000 3/31/2001
Revenues   - 7,484.000 9,103.000 8,075.000 9,667.000 2,005.000 2,472.000
Income from Oper.   - 120.000 296.000 280.000 296.000 14.000 74.000
Net Income   - 83.000 92.000 -5.000 12.000 -8.000 6.000
E.P.S   - 1.290 1.430 -8.000 0.190 -0.120 0.090
Revenue Growth (%)      - 21.63 -11.29 19.715   23.29
Net Income Growth (%)      - 10.84 - -   -
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - 1.60 3.25 3.47 3.06 2.99 0.70
Net Profit Margin (%)    - 1.11 1.01 - 0.12 0.24 -
Cash Flow - Oper.     -521.00 -308.00 291.00
Cash Flow - Inv.     -91.00 -38.00 -13.00
Cash Flow - Fin.     709.00 317.00 -375.00
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 3/31/2001 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    5,147.00 Current Assets    - Current Ratio    -
Total Liab.    4,071.00 Current Liab.    914.00 Debt Ratio    79.09%
Total Equity    1,076.00 Working Cap.    616.00 Debt to Equity Ratio    3.78
Cash    324.00    Return on Assets   0.12%
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for general corporate purposes and to repay debt.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Shearman & Sterling
Bank's Law Firm  Davis, Polk & Wardwell
Registrar/Transfer Agent  Mellon Investor Services, L.L.C.
Auditor  Deloitte & Touche
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Principal
Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
Bunge International Limited 100.00  
Note: represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.

Last updated: 9/16/2001 5:32:36 PM
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