date:Dec 10, 2013
o add about 7 cents per share to adjusted net earnings in the first fiscal year after the transaction closes.
The company plans to fund the transaction with borrowings under its existing credit facilities, which it intends to boost by $500 million.
J.P. Morgan was financial adviser and Haynes and Boone LLP was legal adviser to WhiteWave. Barclays and Houlihan Lokey were financial advisers to Earthbound Farm, while Weil, Gotshal Manges and Cooley LLP acted as legal adviser.
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