M&A
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Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW): M&A transaction — Lamb Weston completes acquisition of remaining 50% stake in European JV for €525M cash and 1.95M shares
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
- Total consideration: €525M cash (subject to adjustments) plus 1,952,421 shares of LW common stock.
- Adds five manufacturing facilities in Netherlands and UK, plus a sixth via 75% interest in Austrian JV.
- Annual production capacity of nearly 2 billion pounds (910,000 MT) of frozen potato products.
- Lamb-Weston/Meijer will now be fully consolidated; previously recorded as equity method investment.
- Transaction closed on February 28, 2023; originally announced in October 2022.