US meat processor Smithfield Foods has announced it has closed the sale of its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Schneider Corporation, to Maple Leaf Foods for approximately US$378m.

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The amount is subject to closing adjustments, including the assumption of the company’s outstanding debt.


Smithfield said it plans to use the net proceeds to repay the bridge loan used to finance its acquisition of Farmland Foods in October 2003. 

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