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Vitacress Salads to RAR Group

Packaged FoodsFresh & Produce/Jun 2008
EV / LTM EBITDA
8.2x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$105M
Primary Source
Lazard

Comparable Transactions

Packaged Foods transactions announced in the five years to June 2008. 20 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Jun 2008Desarrollo Agroindustrial de Frutales S.A., Frutas de Exportacion S.A. and CaribanaFresh Del Monte Produce inc.$403M-8.1xStrategic
Apr 2008WM. Wrigley Jr. CompanyMars, Incorporated$23.1B-18.5xStrategic
Jul 2007Wight Salads Group (70%)RAR Group$41M-5.7xStrategic
Jul 2007Danone BiscuitsKraft Foods Group, Inc.--13.3xStrategic
Jul 2007Royal Numico N.V.Danone, Groupe Danone S.A.--24.3xStrategic
May 2007Swift & Co.JBS S.A.--7.7xStrategic
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
Mean-11.4x
Median-9.0x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

CompPrimary?Source TypeSourceSource AdvisorSource YearEV (USD)EV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryfairness opinionCQB FOLazard2014$105M-8.2x--Open