J.M. Smucker Co on Wednesday said it would acquire the Folgers coffee business from Procter & Gamble Co for stock valued at $2.95 billion plus the assumption of $350 million in debt.
The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) and The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) announced on Wednesday the signing of a definitive agreement to merge the Folgers coffee business into Smucker in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.3 billion, including the assumption of an estimated $350 million of Folgers debt.
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J.M. Smucker Co. will unveil an all-stock deal to buy Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co.'s Folgers coffee unit later this week, the Wall Street Journal reported late today, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
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