When did Bestfoods buy and sell its brands?

Bestfoods has completed 0 recorded acquisitions and 1 divestiture or spin-off, spanning 2000 to 2000.

Date	Type	Assets	Counterparty	Value
Oct 2000	Acquisition (sold)	Hellmann's, Knorr and Maizena	Unilever	$24.3bn

2000

Acquisition closed Closed 4 October 2000

Unilever acquires Hellmann's, Knorr and Maizena

Unilever acquired Bestfoods, the American food group behind Knorr and Hellmann's, in what was then the largest cash acquisition in the food industry. The European Commission cleared the deal in Phase I subject to divestiture commitments.

Value: $24.3bn
Buyer: Unilever
Seller: Bestfoods
Regulatory: Cleared with remedies

Brands Bestfoods once owned

Ownership recorded here as having ended, whether or not a deal record with a filing behind it exists for the transfer.

Brand	Owned from	Until	Owner today
Hellmann's	—	Oct 2000	Unilever
Knorr	—	Oct 2000	Unilever
Maizena	—	Oct 2000	Unilever