Shearer’s Foods, a snack maker backed by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, is exploring a sale that could fetch about $3 billion including debt, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The company is working with a financial adviser on the potential transaction, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. The company generates more than $250 million a year in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, the people said.
A final decision on pursuing a sale hasn’t been made and the pension fund could still decide to keep the asset, the people added.
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