Bason advised Tyson Foods Inc. on its $8.55 billion unsolicited bid for Hillshire Brands Co., edging out a competing bid from Pilgrim's Pride Corp. Schreiber, meanwhile, led the way for Hillshire.
April 09, 2015 at 09:25 PM
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It was a love triangle—no, quadrangle—for the ages. Tyson Foods Inc. won its unsolicited bid for Hillshire Brands Co., but only after breaking up Hillshire’s deal for Pinnacle Foods Inc. and fending off a competing hostile bid from Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
Just 15 days after Hillshire agreed to purchase Pinnacle for $6.6 billion, Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. swooped in with an unsolicited bid for Hillshire, and two days after that, Tyson weighed in. Neither wanted Pinnacle.
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