---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000802481-26-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPC"
cik: "0000802481"
company_name: "PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-17T16:17:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-17T16:18:09.476086+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pilgrim's Pride to acquire Walkers Deli & Sausage for £141.5M cash

## Summary
- Total consideration ~£141.5M on debt-free, cash-free basis, payable fully in cash at closing.
- Walker's operates 4 production facilities in Leicester, UK, with ~1,150 employees; premium pork products since 1824.
- Closing expected September 2026, subject to UK CMA approval and employee consultation; no financing condition.
- Seller is Samworth Brothers; Pilgrim's already supplies raw pork to Walker's.
- CEO Fabio Sandri cites strategy to expand value-added food portfolio in key markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000802481-26-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPC
- cik: 0000802481
- company_name: PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-17T16:17:32+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248126000053/0000802481-26-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248126000053/ppc-20260814.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000802481-26-000053.txt

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