# Berry Global completes $6.5 billion acquisition of RPC Group

Berry Global completed its acquisition of RPC Group Plc for a purchase price of about $6.5 billion, creating a global plastic packaging leader with over 290 locations and about 48,000 employees.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-07-01
- Where: United Kingdom
- Value: $6.50B
- Status: completed
- Products: plastic packaging, protective packaging solutions
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [RPC](https://endata.com/companies/581.md) (target)
- [Berry Plastics](https://endata.com/companies/829.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [packagingsolutions.amcor.com](https://packagingsolutions.amcor.com/en/news/articles/11906-berry-global-group-inc-completes-acquisition-of-rp), 2019-07-01: "today announced the completion of its acquisition of RPC Group Plc (RPC) for a purchase price of approximately $6.5 billion"
- [privateequityinternational.com](https://www.privateequityinternational.com/berry-global-completes-6-5-bln-rpc-group-buy/), 2019-07-01: "Berry Global Group Inc said July 1 that it closed its $6.5 billion buy of RPC Group."

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