Brief Consumer: Unilever: Cooking Up Value — But Not Serving It All Yet and more
In this briefing: Unilever: Cooking Up Value — But Not Serving It All Yet E'grand (3294 JP): Seibu Holdings (9024 JP) Tender Offer at 2.5x Last Close What's News in Amsterdam - 31 March (Unilever Primer: Pearl Global Industries (PGIL IN) - Mar 2026 Aptiv Plc. (NYSE: APTV) Spin – When-Issued Trading Commences; Fair Value Revised 1. Unilever: Cooking Up Value — But Not Serving It All Yet Unilever’s Foods combination with McCormick crystallises value at ~13.8x EBITDA with $15.7bn cash, but shareholders retain majority exposure, making this a restructuring of value rather than a full monetisation event. The transaction improves growth mix and sharpens HPC focus, but removes a high-margin division and introduces €400–500m stranded costs, limiting immediate rerating despite attractive headline valuation and synergy potential. We see a credible event-driven long with clear catalysts and improved valuation visibility, but partial value realisation, integration risk and delayed closing justify a measured stance with 4,950p target price. 2.