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European Frozen Foods Division of Unilever plc to Permira Advisors Ltd.

Packaged FoodsCenter Store/Aug 2006
EV / LTM EBITDA
9.9x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$2.2B
Primary Source
Fairness Opinion

Comparable Transactions

Packaged Foods transactions announced in the five years to August 2006. 13 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Jul 2006ConAgra Foods, Inc. Branded Meats BusinessSmithfield Foods, Inc.--5.8xStrategic
Jul 2006Chiquita Brands South Pacific LimitedTradefresh Pty Ltd$130M-8.7xStrategic
Jun 2006Sara Lee Corp. European Meat BusinessSmithfield Foods, Inc.--6.0xStrategic
Nov 2005EAC NutritionRoyal Numico N.V.--25.0xStrategic
Oct 2005Bolthouse Farms (57%)Madison Dearborn Partners$1.1B-9.3xFinancial
Feb 2005Mellin S.p.ARoyal Numico N.V.--13.8xStrategic
Feb 2005Fresh Express Unit of Performance Food GroupChiquita Brands International$855M-10.7xStrategic
May 2004Everfresh (60%)Fyffes plc$75M-6.4xStrategic
Apr 2004J.R. WoodDole Food Co.--7.3xStrategic
Nov 2003Sylvan Inc.Snyder Associated Companies$100M-8.3xStrategic
Dec 2002Dole Food CompanyDavid H. Murdock$2.3B-6.2xFinancial
Dec 2002Adams Confectionary Business of Pfizer Inc.Cadbury Schweppes plc$3.8B-12.8xStrategic
Aug 2002Chef America, Inc.Nestlé S.A.$2.6B-14.5xStrategic
Mean-10.4x
Median-8.7x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
PrimaryFairness OpinionHNZ FOMoelis2013$2.2B-9.9x--Open