Divestiture • Food

Nutreco NV Acquires Animal Nutrition Business - Maple Leaf Foods

On July 20, 2007, Nutreco NV acquired food company Animal Nutrition Business - Maple Leaf Foods from Maple Leaf

Acquisition Context
  • This is Nutreco NV’s 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Nutreco NV’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Nutreco NV’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date July 20, 2007
Target Animal Nutrition Business - Maple Leaf Foods
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Nutreco NV
Sellers(s) Maple Leaf
Deal Type Divestiture

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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Nutreco NV

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Agriculture
Revenue 4.7B EUR (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Nutreco is an international group of companies with leading positions in the feed and nutrition markets for agriculture and aquaculture. Building on its core competencies in feed and production, the company also engaged in complementary businesses, including breeding, production, and processing of poultry and pigs, and salmon farming. Nutreco was formed in 1994 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 2 of 16
Sector: Food 2 of 15
Type: Divestiture 1 of 3
State: Ontario 1 of 1
Country: Canada 1 of 1
Year: 2007 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-20 Acquaculture Feed Business - Nutreco BV

Canada

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-11 Marine Net Co.

Imari, Japan

Marine Net Co.,Ltd. is a fish feed production company.

Buy €15M

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Maple Leaf

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1927
Sector Food
Employees13,500
Revenue 4.9B CAD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Maple Leaf is a provider of consumer packaged prodcuts headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Company make high-quality, great tasting, nutritious and innovative food products under leading brands including Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Prime, Maple Leaf Natural Selections, Schneiders, Schneiders Country Naturals and Mina. Maple Leaf Foods was founded in 1927 and is based in Mississauga, Ontario.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector: Food 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture 1 of 5
State: Ontario 1 of 3
Country: Canada 1 of 5
Year: 2007 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-09-25 Schneider

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Schneider Corporation is a food processing company offers bacon cold cuts and deli meats, hams, hot dogs, and sausages. Schneider Corporation was founded in 1890 and is based in Kitchener, Canada.

Buy $378M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-01 The Puratone

Niverville, Manitoba, Canada

The Puratone Corp. is a hog production company. Puratone also operates three feed mills that provide a dedicated high quality supply to support their hog production operations.

Buy $42M

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