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More Drama in Pringles Sale for P&G

The $1.5 billion deal with Diamond Foods is put on hold.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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In its latest multibillion dollar deal, Procter & Gamble is left holding all the chips…and that’s not good. P&G’s attempt to sell its Pringles snack food unit to Diamond Foods Inc. for $1.5 billion has been put on hold while Diamond remains mired in an internal accounting probe and lawsuits. If and when completed, the acquisition would more than triple the size of Diamond’s snack food business.

Diamond is investigating allegations of improper accounting for crop payments to walnut growers. The company disclosed in a related regulatory filing Monday that several securities class-action lawsuits have been filed against the company and some of its executive officers that allege Diamond and its leaders made false statements, failed to disclose material facts related to the company’s financial results and the payments to walnut growers, including the proposed closing of the Pringles deal.

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