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Chef America, Inc. to Nestlé S.A.

Packaged FoodsCenter Store/Aug 2002
EV / LTM EBITDA
14.5x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$2.6B
Primary Source
Fairness Opinion

Comparable Transactions

Packaged Foods transactions announced in the five years to August 2002. 9 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Aug 2001Fresh ExpressPerformance Food Group$303M-7.2xStrategic
Jan 2001Ralston Purina CompanyNestle S.A.--15.7xStrategic
Jan 2001IBP, Inc.Tyson Foods, Inc.--7.3xStrategic
Dec 2000Quaker Oats CompanyPepsiCo Inc.--15.6xStrategic
Oct 2000Keebler Foods CompanyKellogg Company-1.6x11.1xStrategic
Jul 2000Pillsbury (Diageo plc)General Mills, Inc.-1.7x11.0xStrategic
Jun 2000Bestfoods CorporationUnilever plc--14.3xStrategic
Jun 2000International Home FoodsConAgra Foods, Inc.$2.9B-8.5xStrategic
Jun 2000Nabisco Holdings Corp.Philip Morris Companies Inc.-2.1x13.2xStrategic
Mean1.8x11.5x
Median1.7x11.1x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
PrimaryFairness OpinionHNZ FOMoelis2013$2.6B-14.5x--Open