<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Lactalis ownership changes · Brandtree</title><link>https://brandtree.org/company/lactalis</link><atom:link href="https://brandtree.org/company/lactalis/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Acquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Lactalis.</description><item><title>Acquisition: Lactalis — Siggi's</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lactalis-acquires-siggis-2018</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lactalis-acquires-siggis-2018</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Lactalis acquired Siggi's, an American skyr maker founded by an Icelandic immigrant who could not find yoghurt as thick or as low in sugar as the one he had grown up with. The price was not disclosed and only the year is documented here.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: Lactalis — Stonyfield Organic</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lactalis-acquires-stonyfield-2017</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lactalis-acquires-stonyfield-2017</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Lactalis acquired Stonyfield Farm from Danone for about $875 million. Danone was selling because American antitrust authorities required it to divest Stonyfield as a condition of completing its purchase of WhiteWave Foods, so this acquisition exists only because of a remedy imposed on another deal in this dataset.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: Lactalis — Parmalat</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lactalis-acquires-parmalat-2011</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lactalis-acquires-parmalat-2011</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Lactalis took control of Parmalat through a public tender offer at EUR 2.60 per share, gaining the Italian dairy group that had collapsed in 2003 in what was then the largest corporate fraud in European history. The Italian government objected to a national champion passing into French hands and briefly changed takeover rules in response.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: Lactalis — Galbani</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lactalis-acquires-galbani-2006</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lactalis-acquires-galbani-2006</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Lactalis acquired Galbani from the private equity firm BC Partners, buying the largest cheese brand in Italy and with it a position in mozzarella and mascarpone that its French portfolio lacked. The price was not disclosed by the parties.</description></item></channel></rss>