April 19 (Reuters) - Mccormick & Company Inc MKC.N
* McCormick & Company (NYSE:MKC) acquires botanical food company, a global leader in chilled convenient herbs
* McCormick & Company inc says has acquired business for a cash payment of approximately 150 million australian dollars
* Due to estimated impact of transaction and integration costs, McCormick expects no earnings per share impact in 2016
* McCormick & Company inc says in 2017, McCormick expects acquisition to be fully accretive.
* Based on purchase price of about 150 million Australian dollars transaction multiple is expected to be about 12 times EBITDA
* McCormick & Company Inc says has purchased 100% of shares of Botanical Food Company, Pty Ltd, a privately held company based in Australia Source text for Eikon: ID:nPnbt5BYpa Further company coverage: MKC.N
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