M&A Deal Summary

JBS Acquires Plumrose USA

On March 13, 2017, JBS acquired food company Plumrose USA from Danish Crown A/S for 230M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is JBS’s 9th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is JBS’s 7th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is JBS’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is JBS’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-03-13
Target Plumrose USA
Sector Food
Buyer(s) JBS
Sellers(s) Danish Crown A/S
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 230M USD

Target

Plumrose USA

Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Plumrose USA, Inc. is a provider of delicious, high quality, safe meat products throughout the United States.

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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 9 of 11
Sector (Food) 9 of 10
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 4
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 5
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 8
PREVIOUS 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
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-11 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.

Sell $1.3B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Danish Crown A/S

Randers, Denmark
Category Company
Sector Food
DESCRIPTION

Danish Crown A/S is a producer and distributor of food products in Denmark.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Food) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-20 Dk Foods A/S

Kjellerup, Denmark

Dk Foods A/S is a manufacturer of pepperoni. Dk Foods was founded in 2003 and is based in Kjellerup, Denmark.

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