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Sara Lee Corp. European Meat Business to Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Packaged Foods/Jun 2006
EV / LTM EBITDA
6.0x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
-
Primary Source
Barclays

Comparable Transactions

Packaged Foods transactions announced in the five years to June 2006. 10 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
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
Feb 2005Fresh ExpressChiquita--9.4xStrategic
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
Aug 2001Fresh ExpressPerformance Food Group$303M-7.2xStrategic
Mean-10.4x
Median-8.8x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

Add to SetPrimary?Source TypeFairness Opinion / SourceAdvisorSource YearEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryfairness opinionSFD FOBarclays2013--6.0x--Open