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Swift & Co. to JBS S.A.

Packaged Foods/May 2007
EV / LTM EBITDA
7.7x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
-
Primary Source
Barclays

Comparable Transactions

Packaged Foods transactions announced in the five years to May 2007. 16 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
May 2007Van HoutteLittlejohn Fund III, Fonds de Solidarite--8.1xFinancial
Apr 2007Gerber Products CompanyNestlé--15.7xStrategic
Dec 2006Novartis Medical NutritionNestlé Group--17.6xStrategic
Sep 2006Premium Standard Farms, Inc.Smithfield Foods, Inc.--6.0xStrategic
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
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
Mean-10.3x
Median-8.5x

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--7.7x--Open