News briefs - Corporate and M&A – Page 102
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Samsonite International, the international luggage giant, which already purchased High...
Samsonite International, the international luggage giant, which already purchased High Sierra two years ago, has signed a definitive agreement to buy Gregory Mountain Products, a more technical and outdoor-oriented brand of backpacks, from Black Diamond Inc. Somewhat like Eastpak and JanSport, which are both owned by VF Corporation, the two ...
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Patagonia is planning to transfer some of its European operations...
Patagonia is planning to transfer some of its European operations from its present European headquarters in the French town of Annecy to a new European office in Amsterdam. It also wants to open sales offices in London and Munich to be closer to its clients in two of its major ...
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Giant has announced that it will invest US$50 million in...
Giant has announced that it will invest US$50 million in new corporate headquarters with research and design buildings and state-of-the-art facilities. The Taiwanese company, which is recognized as the world's largest bicycle manufacturer, said it has already gained approval for the plan from the management of the Central Taiwan Science ...
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Lino Dainese is reportedly planning to sell between 70 and...
Lino Dainese is reportedly planning to sell between 70 and 80 percent of the Italian high-tech protection company that bears his name after the summer, choosing one of the candidates for the acquisition. It will probably be a strategic investor. A business plan calls for an increase in Dainese's turnover ...
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Jarden Corporation's stable of sports brands continues to widen. Its...
Jarden Corporation's stable of sports brands continues to widen. Its K2 Sports subsidiary has signed an agreement for the takeover of an American brand of triathlon clothing, Squadra, and its business at an undisclosed price. Squadra started in 1996 as the U.S. licensee of Castelli, the Italian brand of bikewear. ...
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Accell Group is one of six companies listed on Euronext...
Accell Group is one of six companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam that are going to be allowed to use a new class of Spotlight Options. They will have short-term maturities of one, two or three months. Accell has been listed on Euronext Amsterdam since 1998 and joined the Amsterdam Midkap ...
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Carlyle, the private equity fund, has divested its remaining 7.13...
Carlyle, the private equity fund, has divested its remaining 7.13 percent interest in Moncler for €215 million, selling more than 17.8 million shares at a unit price of €12.04. That is 0.5 percent higher than the closing price of the previous day, but then Moncler's share price has fallen by ...
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Jarden Corporation has set the pricing for a €300 million...
Jarden Corporation has set the pricing for a €300 million bond offering that it is placing with qualified institutional investors and buyers outside the U.S. The notes will pay a semi-annual interest of 3.75 percent and mature on Oct. 1, 2021. They will be guaranteed by some of Jarden's U.S. ...
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ISA TanTec, a German-owned tannery supplying top footwear brands globally,...
ISA TanTec, a German-owned tannery supplying top footwear brands globally, is setting up its first leather manufacturing facility in the U.S. The site will be located in Vicksburg, Mississippi and the project will be known as Mississippi TanTec Leather. ISA TanTec currently has operations in Saigon, Vietnam and Heshan City, ...
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Hanesbrands has signed a deal for the acquisition of DBA...
Hanesbrands has signed a deal for the acquisition of DBA Apparel, a French producer of intimate apparel, underwear and hosiery, forming one of the largest groups in the sector, with an annual turnover of nearly $6 billion. The deal values DBA at €400 million, or 7.5 times annual earnings before ...
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Exceed Company of China has once again adjourned an extraordinary...
Exceed Company of China has once again adjourned an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to approve a merger that would transfer full ownership to its chairman and chief executive, Shuipan Lin. It is now planned for July 29 in Hong Kong, after obtaining additional financing of US$5 million. A June 26 announcement ...
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Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed...
Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed in liquidation. Founded in 1977, it has gone through several changes of ownership in the last twenty years, each time without any spectacular results. It was bought in 1995 by Fila and then, five years later, by an equity fund, ...
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Performance Sports Group (PSG), the company based in Exeter, New...
Performance Sports Group (PSG), the company based in Exeter, New Hampshire that was previously called Bauer Performance Sports, raised about $126.5 million in a secondary offering of 8,1561,291 shares in the U.S. and Canada, after exercising an over-allotment option. It sold the shares at $15.50 each, but they were valued ...
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Callaway Golf is refinancing its $230 million asset-based revolving credit...
Callaway Golf is refinancing its $230 million asset-based revolving credit on better conditions, keeping the size of the credit facility. As of March 31, the company had $141 million outstanding under its present arrangement.
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ANWR Group, the biggest German and European cooperative of independent...
ANWR Group, the biggest German and European cooperative of independent shoe retailers, has taken over Tom Holding, the holding company of Schuh & Sport Mücke Group, a Bavarian discount shoe and sporting goods retail chain, and its eleven stores in Bavaria. Schuh and Sport Mücke recorded sales of about €100 ...
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The Danish Bestseller Group, which owns Jack & Jones and...
The Danish Bestseller Group, which owns Jack & Jones and other fashion brands, has made a new investment in internet retailing by taking over M & M Direct for £140 million (€174.8m-$237.2m). M&M is a major U.K.-based retailer of discounted fashion, footwear and sports products that is projecting sales ...
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We have already reported that Zalando may go public on...
We have already reported that Zalando may go public on the stock exchange. Rocket Internet, one of the major shareholders of Zalando and other fashion websites around the world, has now mandated three investment consultants - Berenberg, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley - to study the possibility of launching ...
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Bauer Performance Sports is changing its name again to Performance...
Bauer Performance Sports is changing its name again to Performance Sports Group, in connection with a $110 million secondary offering of new shares in the U.S. and Canada, intended to repay some of the money borrowed for its recent $330 million acquisition of Easton's baseball and softball business. For the ...
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The British Halfords Group has acquired the Boardman bike business...
The British Halfords Group has acquired the Boardman bike business launched by Chris Boardman, former Olympic and Tour de France cyclist. Halfords already has an exclusivity deal to sell the Boardman Performance Series in the U.K. and Ireland while the Boardman Elite Series is sold at selected independent cycling retailers ...
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Blake Mycoskie, who founded Toms Shoes in 2006, is looking...
Blake Mycoskie, who founded Toms Shoes in 2006, is looking for investors to take over his company, which may be worth as much as $600 million in spite of its generous “one for one” donations of shoes and eyewear, according to the Financial Times. The goal is to make the ...
