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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian multinational chemical company}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = UPL Limited<br />
| logo = UPL official logo.svg<br />
| logo_size = 250px<br />
| logo_alt = United Phosphorus Ltd - UPL official logo<br />
| logo_caption = <br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = <br />
| image_alt = United Phosphorus Ltd - UPL official logo<br />
| image_caption = United Phosphorus Ltd New Logo<br />
| former_name = United Phosphorus Limited <small>(1969–2013)</small><br />
| type = [[Public company|Public]]<br />
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{BSE|512070}}|{{NSE|UPL}}}}<br />
| ISIN = INE628A01036<br />
| industry = {{ubl|[[Agribusiness]]|[[Chemical industry|Chemicals]]}}<br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1969|05|29}}<br />
| founder = [[Rajnikant Shroff]]<br />
| hq_location = <br />
| hq_location_city = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| hq_location_country = India<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.uplonline.com/contact-us |website=UPL Limited |access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref><br />
| num_locations = <br />
| num_locations_year = <!-- Year of num_locations data (if known) --><br />
| area_served = Worldwide<br />
| key_people = {{ubl|Rajnikant Shroff <small>(Chairman & MD)</small>|Jaidev Shroff <small>(CEO)</small><ref>{{cite web |title=Global Leadership |url=https://www.uplonline.com/about/global-leadership |website=UPL Limited |access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>}}<br />
| products = {{ubl|[[Agrochemicals]]|[[Specialty chemicals]]}}<br />
| brands = <br />
| production = <br />
| production_year = <!-- Year of production data (if known) --><br />
| services = <br />
| revenue = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|53576|c}} (FY23)<ref name="fy23"/><br />
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|11178|c}} (FY23)<ref>{{cite news |title=UPL Q4FY23 results: Net profit falls by 42.6%, declares dividend |url=https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/upl-q4fy23-results-net-profit-falls-by-426-11683534087490.html |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=mint |date=8 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref><br />
| profit = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|3569|c}} (FY23)<ref name="fy23">{{cite news |title=UPL's Q4 net drops 43% to ₹792 crore on pricing pressure, delayed planting season |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/upls-q4-net-drops-43-to-792-crore-on-pricing-pressure-delayed-planting-season/article66826620.ece |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=The Hindu Businessline |date=8 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref><br />
| assets = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|82679|c}}<br />
| assets_year = 2022<br />
| equity = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|24661|c}}<ref name="Results">{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2020-21 |url=https://www.upl-ltd.com/financial_result_and_report_pdfs/cecbuk71VBJZNFDF8Z53yIbgrKtu3TOfHSIYUC4w/UPL-Annual-Report-2020-21.pdf |website=UPL Limited |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref><br />
| equity_year = 2022<br />
| owners = {{ubl|Nerka Chemicals Pvt Ltd (20.10%)|[[Life Insurance Corporation]] (8.41%)|Uniphos Enterprises Ltd (5.11%)<ref name="Results"/>}}<br />
| num_employees = 10,000+<ref name="Results"/><br />
| num_employees_year = FY21<br />
| parent = <br />
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| website = {{URL|https://www.upl-ltd.com/|upl-ltd.com}}<br />
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'''UPL Limited''', formerly '''United Phosphorus Limited''', is an Indian [[Multinational corporation|multinational company]] that manufactures and markets [[Agrochemical|agrochemicals]], industrial chemicals, chemical intermediates, and [[specialty chemicals]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Company Overview of UPL Limited |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=20376936 |website=Bloomberg| date=20 May 2023 }}</ref> Headquartered in [[Mumbai]], the company is primarily engaged in the manufacture and marketing of conventional agrochemicals, seeds, and other agriculture-related products. It also manufactures fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators, rodenticides, industrial and specialty chemicals, and nutrifeeds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Company Profile for UPL Limited |url=https://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/company-profile/UPLL.NS |website=Reuters |access-date=16 March 2019 |language=en}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name = "Forbes">{{cite web |title=UPL Limited on the Forbes Asia's Fab 50 Companies List |url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/upl-limited/#324126e55da2 |website=Forbes |access-date=16 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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United Phosphorus Limited was established on 29 May 1969.<ref name = "Forbes"/> The company changed its name to UPL Limited in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=UPL LTD – GDR (UPL:Singapore): Company Description – Bloomberg |url=http://www.investing.businessweek.wallst.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=UPL:SP |website=Bloomberg |access-date=16 March 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><br />
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On 20 July 2018, UPL signed a US$4.2 billion agreement with Platform Specialty Products Corporation (now [[Element Solutions|Element Solutions Inc.]]) to acquire control of Arysta LifeScience Inc. The acquisition was completed in February 2019,<ref>{{cite web |title=UPL completes acquisition of Arysta LifeScience for $4.2 billion |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/earnings/upl-completes-acquisition-of-arysta-lifescience-for-4-2-billion/articleshow/67836964.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=16 March 2019 |date=4 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UPL Jumps The Most In Four Years After $4.2 Billion Deal To Acquire Arysta Lifescience |url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/upl-jumps-the-most-in-two-years-after-42-billion-deal-to-acquire-arysta-lifescience#gs.194zrt |website=BloombergQuint |date=23 July 2018 |access-date=16 March 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> making UPL the fifth largest generic agrochemicals company in the world after [[Bayer]], [[Corteva]], [[Syngenta]] and [[BASF]].<ref>{{cite web |title=All You Need To Know About UPL's Latest Buyout Plan |url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/all-you-need-to-know-about-upls-latest-buyout-plan#gs.194z73 |website=BloombergQuint |date=17 July 2018 |access-date=16 March 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UPL Completes Acquisition of Arysta LifeScience |url=https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/upl-completes-acquisition-of-arysta-lifescience |website=Successful Farming |access-date=16 March 2019 |language=en |date=1 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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