TreeHouse Foods to be acquired by Investindustrial for $2.9B

TreeHouse Foods (THS [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/THS]) on Monday said it would be acquired by European buyout firm Investindustrial in an all-cash transaction for $2.9 billion.

Shares of the U.S. food processing company jumped 20% in premarket trading.

Under the terms of the agreement, TreeHouse Foods shareholders will receive $22.50 per share in cash for each share of common stock owned at closing, and one non-transferable Contingent Value Right per common share.

The upfront cash portion of the consideration of $22.50 per common share represents an equity value of $1.2 billion, a 38% premium to TreeHouse Foods' closing share price on September 26, 2025, the last full trading day before market speculation around a transaction and a 29% premium to the company's 30-day volume-weighted average share price on September 26, it said [https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20300019-treehouse-foods-and-investindustrial-announce-definitive-acquisition-agreement-for-a-total].

The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.

Separately, the company also reported its third quarter results. It missed top-line and bottom-line estimates and said it is withdrawing guidance.

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