Swift acquisition

JBS acquired U.S. meat processor Swift & Company in 2007. The transaction announcement described $225 million in cash for the shares held by two sellers and J&F’s assumption of about $1.2 billion in Swift debt, plus expenses. A later JBS filing reports the acquisition at approximately $1.5 billion overall.1–3

JBS’s corporate history says José Batista Sobrinho began the business in Anápolis, Goiás, in 1953 with a small slaughterhouse. The company later grew through acquisitions. A 2026 company filing describes the 2007 Swift & Company acquisition as approximately $1.5 billion overall, while Swift’s transaction announcement described $225 million in cash for shares held by two sellers and J&F’s assumption of approximately $1.2 billion in Swift debt, plus expenses. The May 29, 2007 transaction announcement described an enterprise value of approximately $1.4 billion.

JBS

Acquired Swift & Company in 20071–2

JBS is a meatpacking company whose co-owner, Joesley Batista, was reported to have met Trump on August 20, 2026, and discussed Brazilian beef supply and import taxes. The report is attributed to the Wall Street Journal’s sources; Reuters said it could not immediately verify it.1–30

Documented connections

JBS →Acquired Swift & Company in 20071–2

Trump’s Beef Import Plan: The Batista Brothers, Bribery Cases and a $5 Million Donation →Included in report1–3

Sources and documents
  1. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1199114/000095013407012518/d47138exv99w1.htm
  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1791942/000121390026034213/ea0282342-20f_jbsnv.htm
  3. https://www.jbs.com.br/en/about/
  4. https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/jbs-coowner-lobbied-trump-to-lower-beef-import-tariffs-wsj-reports-4883419
  5. White House: August 26, 2026 beef proclamation
  6. Pilgrim’s Pride 2026 proxy: Batista ownership/control
  7. JBS 2025 SEC filing: subsidiary ownership
  8. Trump–Vance Inaugural Committee FEC filing
  9. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00394650/
  10. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00394650/?cycle=2024
  11. https://sustainability.jbsfoodsgroup.com/chapters/customers-and-consumers/
  12. https://jbsfoodsgroup.com/businesses/jbs-foods-usa
  13. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880117/000095017025110463/jbss-20250626.htm
  14. Pilgrim’s Pride fiscal 2025 annual report
  15. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1791942/000179194226000004/jbsay-20260630.htm
  16. https://jbsfoodsgroup.com/businesses/jbs-foods-usa/u-s-cattle-buyers
  17. Senator Warren: May 19, 2025 donation inquiry
  18. 11 CFR 110.20: foreign-national donations and political decisions
  19. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000024/ppc-20240401.htm
  20. JBS USA Announces New CEO — JBS Foods
  21. https://jbsfoodsgroup.com/people/wesley-batista-filho
  22. https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2020/34-90170.pdf
  23. DOJ: J&F guilty plea, October 14, 2020
  24. SEC enforcement announcement, October 14, 2020
  25. U.S. Code: 15 U.S.C. 78m
  26. https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/reuters/2017/09/13/pf-prende-wesley-batista-em-investigacao-sobre-informacao-privilegiada.htm
  27. https://www.gov.br/cvm/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2023/cvm-conclui-julgamento-de-processos-envolvendo-empresas-do-grupo-jbs-e-seus-executivos
  28. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450123/000121390024026192/ea0201896-20f_jbssa.htm
  29. https://sustainability.jbsfoodsgroup.com/chapters/who-we-are/about-our-company/
  30. https://election.org/committee/jbs-usa-food-company-pac-c00394650

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