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JBS acquisitions, on the record

The businesses JBS bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Vivera Topholding BV
Word for word“The purchase price for the Vivera Business Acquisition was €341.0 million (equivalent to approximately US$376.6 million converted using the foreign exchange rate as at December 31, 2023), subject to working capital adjustments at the time.” 20-F for 2023
acquisition—€341.0 million
Pilgrim's Food Masters
Word for word“The Pilgrim’s Food Masters Acquisition was completed on September 24, 2021 for £695.3 million (equivalent to approximately US$885.4 million converted using the foreign exchange rate as at December 31, 2023), subject to working capital adjustments at the time.” 20-F for 2023
acquisitionSeptember 24, 2021£695.3 million
Rivalea Holdings Pty Ltd and Oxdale Dairy Enterprise Pty Ltd.
Word for word“The Rivalea Acquisition was completed on January 4, 2022 for a preliminary purchase price of AUD$158.8 million (equivalent to approximately US$108.4 million converted using the foreign exchange rate as at December 31, 2023).” 20-F for 2023
acquisitionJanuary 4, 2022AUD$158.8 million
Huon Aquaculture Group Ltd.
Word for word“The Huon acquisition closed on November 17, 2021 for a preliminary purchase price of AUD$413.0 million (equivalent to approximately US$281.9 million converted using the foreign exchange rate as at December 31, 2023).” 20-F for 2023
acquisitionNovember 17, 2021AUD$413.0 million
Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats, Inc.
Word for word“On October 15, 2021, Swift Prepared Foods, a consumer packaged goods company and indirect subsidiary of JBS USA announced that it had executed an agreement to acquire Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats, Inc. (“Sunnyvalley”), a producer of a variety of smoked bacon, ham and turkey products for sale to retail and wholesale customers under the Sunnyvalley brand, for US$94.0 million.” 20-F for 2023
agreed acquisitionOctober 15, 2021US$94.0 million
King’s Group
Word for word“On December 13, 2021, JBS S.A. announced it had executed an agreement to acquire King’s Group (“King”), a global producer of bresaola with a presence in both Italy and the United States, for €82.0 million (equivalent to approximately US$90.6 million converted using the foreign exchange rate as at December 31, 2023).” 20-F for 2023
agreed acquisitionDecember 13, 2021€82.0 million
TriOak Foods
Word for word“On December 2, 2022, JBS USA acquired the TriOak Foods (“TriOak”) business for US$235.7 million.” 20-F for 2023
acquisitionOn December 2, 2022US$235.7 million
Swift & Company
Word for word“Also in 2007, we acquired the U.S. meat packer Swift & Company for approximately US$1.5 billion.” 20-F for 2024
acquisition2007approximately US$1.5 billion
Moy Park
Word for word“In 2015, we acquired companies that comprised Marfrig’s United Kingdom-based “Moy Park” business, for a purchase price of approximately US$1.5 billion.” 20-F for 2024
acquisition2015approximately US$1.5 billion
Cargill’s pork business in the U.S.
Word for word“In 2015, we also acquired Cargill’s pork business in the U.S., for US$1.5 billion.” 20-F for 2024
acquisition2015US$1.5 billion
GNP
Word for word“In 2017, we acquired GNP for US$357 million.” 20-F for 2024
acquisition2017US$357 million
Plumrose USA
Word for word“Also in 2017, we acquired Plumrose USA from Danish Crown A/S for an aggregate purchase price of US$230 million, which included five prepared foods facilities, including one in Elkhart, Indiana, two in Council Bluffs, Iowa, one in Booneville, Mississippi, and one in Swanton, Vermont, and two distribution centers in South Bend, Indiana, and Tupelo, Mississippi, respectively.” 20-F for 2024
acquisition2017US$230 million
Mantiqueira Alimentos Ltda.
Word for word“On January 27, 2025, JBS S.A. announced that it had entered into an investment agreement with Mantiqueira Alimentos Ltda. (“Mantiqueira”) to subscribe for 48.5% of the total capital stock and 50% of the voting shares of Mantiqueira (the “Mantiqueira Acquisition”).” 20-F for 2024
agreed acquisitionJanuary 27, 2025—
Tulip Limited
Word for word“In 2019, PPC acquired Tulip Limited, a leading integrated prepared foods supplier with fresh, value-added and branded operations in the United Kingdom, from Danish Crown A/S, for an aggregate purchase price of £290.0 million (equivalent to approximately US$363.2 million converted using the foreign exchange rate as at December 31, 2024).” 20-F for 2024
acquisition2019£290.0 million

Read from JBS’s annual reports (20-F for 2024, 20-F for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-03-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.