M&A Deal Summary

JBS Acquires Moy Park

On June 22, 2015, JBS acquired food company Moy Park from Marfrig Alimentos SA for 1.5B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is JBS’s 7th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is JBS’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is JBS’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Moy Park was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2017 for 1.3B USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-06-22
Target Moy Park
Sector Food
Buyer(s) JBS
Sellers(s) Marfrig Alimentos SA
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 1.5B USD

Target

Moy Park

Craigavon, United Kingdom
Moy Park Ltd. is a food company providing fresh, high quality, locally farmed poultry and complementary convenience food products and brands to customers and consumers. Moy Park Ltd. was founded in 1943 and is based in Craigavon, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

JBS

São Paulo, Brazil

Category Company
Founded 1953
Sector Food
Employees270,000
Revenue 353.9B BRL (2023)
DESCRIPTION
JBS office in Greeley, Colorado.
JBS office in Greeley, Colorado.

JBS is a global producer and processor of beef, chicken and pork, and other meat products. JBS was established in 1953 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 11
Sector (Food) 7 of 10
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 4
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 2 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-04 Primo Group Holdings Pty

Adelaide, Australia

Primo Group Holdings is a australia's largest meat processor.

Buy AU$1.5B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-01 Cargill - US Pork Business

United States

Cargill's pork business is comprised of two meat processing plants, five feed mills, and four hog farms in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

Buy $1.5B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Marfrig Alimentos SA

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Category Company
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Marfrig Alimentos S.A. operates in the food and food service sectors in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Marfrig Beef and Seara Foods.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Food) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-06-15 Keystone Foods

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Keystone Foods LLC is a global manufacturer of protein products and a custom foodservice distributor, primarily to the quick services restaurant industry in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America. The company operates 54 facilities in 13 countries that serve approximately 31,000 restaurants worldwide. In the United States, Keystone is the largest provider of chicken and beef products, the second largest provider of fish products and the third largest distributor to the McDonald’s System. Other key accounts for Keystone include YUM! Brands, ConAgra, and Quizno’s.

Buy $1.3B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-09 National Beef Packing Company

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

National Beef Packing Company LLC is a beef processor. National Beef Packing processes and markets fresh beef, beef- and pork-based ready-to-eat meals, beef by-products and leather in the domestic and international markets. National Beef Packing Company LLC was established in 1992 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Buy $2.3B