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WM. Wrigley Jr. Company to Mars, Incorporated

Packaged FoodsSnacks & Sweets/Apr 2008
EV / LTM EBITDA
18.5x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$23.1B
Primary Source
Goldman Sachs

Comparable Transactions

Packaged Foods transactions announced in the five years to April 2008. 18 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
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-11.2x
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 opinionWWY FOGoldman Sachs2008$23.1B-18.5x17.5x-Open
-fairness opinionK FOGoldman Sachs2024$23.0B--17.6x-Open
-fairness opinionBUFF FOCenterview2018--18.4x--Open
-fairness opinionLNCE FOGoldman Sachs2018--18.5x--Open
-fairness opinionBUFF FOJPMorgan2018--18.4x--Open
-fairness opinionMJN FOGoldman Sachs2016--18.5x--Open
-fairness opinionWWAV FOGoldman Sachs2016--19.3x--Open