TreeHouse Foods goes private in $2.9 Billion sale to Investindustrial

Client(s) TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

Jones Day is representing TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS) in a $2.9 billion take-private transaction whereby an affiliate of Investindustrial, a leading European group of independently managed investment, holding, and advisory companies, will acquire TreeHouse Foods in an all-cash transaction.

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 (“CVR”) per common share. The CVR generally will provide a holder with an opportunity to receive certain net proceeds, if any are recovered, from certain ongoing litigation relating to part of TreeHouse Foods' coffee business.