News briefs - Corporate and M&A – Page 110
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After redeeming practically all its high-interest bonds, Head has announced...
After redeeming practically all its high-interest bonds, Head has announced the issuance next Sept. 26 of a new €45 million bond with a fixed annual coupon of 5.25 percent. The five-year bond will be denominated in euros and issued by HTM Sport in Switzerland. It will be listed on the ...
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Callaway Golf Company has entered into an agreement to retire...
Callaway Golf Company has entered into an agreement to retire 233,843 outstanding 7.5 percent convertible preferred shares. The holders are getting in exchange 2.39 million newly issued convertible shares and special cash dividends. This will leave 183,796 preferred shares still outstanding.
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Jarden Corporation is raising the number of shares in its...
Jarden Corporation is raising the number of shares in its secondary offering from 11.6 to 15 million, priced at $47 each. The proceeds of $678.7 million, which would increase to $781.4 million if an overallotment option is exercised, would help finance the group's newly announced acquisition of Yankee Candle Investments, ...
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Skullcandy has obtained a credit line of up to $50...
Skullcandy has obtained a credit line of up to $50 million, secured against the company's assets, from Wells Fargo Bank. The company says it will be used for general corporate purposes. The credit line provides for letters of credit of up to $10 million.
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Coalision, the holding company behind brands such as Lolë and...
Coalision, the holding company behind brands such as Lolë and Paradox, has announced the sale of Orage, the Canadian ski outerwear brand, to Orage's co-founder, Eric D'Anjou, and a freeskier, Mike Nick. D'Anjou, the original founder of Orage in 1989, will act as Orage's president, overseeing product development, finance and operations. ...
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There has been some agitation in Billabong International's stock quotation...
There has been some agitation in Billabong International's stock quotation in the past few days, which rose to a high of 65 Australian pennies earlier today. It was probably linked to an investment by Coastal Capital International, which now has 5 percent of the voting shares. Meanwhile, Paul Naude, the ...
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An Italian investment firm, Tamburi Investment Partners (TIP), has paid...
An Italian investment firm, Tamburi Investment Partners (TIP), has paid €103 million for a 14 percent stake in Ruffini Partecipazioni, the company through which Remo Ruffini controls 32 percent of Moncler. Ruffini is also Moncler's chairman and creative director. TIP's investment suggests a mid- to long-term vision for the brand ...
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Diadora's parent company, LIR, has reportedly bought back the rights...
Diadora's parent company, LIR, has reportedly bought back the rights to the brand for China, Hong Kong and Macau for €9.2 million from Win Hanverky, a big Chinese apparel manufacturer that has also been a licensee of Umbro for many years. Without quoting the price of the transaction, a statement ...
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Quiksilver plans to offer $500 million worth of senior secured...
Quiksilver plans to offer $500 million worth of senior secured notes. Half of them would be due in 2018 and the other half in 2020. The bonds will be secured and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by some of Quiksilver's U.S. subsidiaries. The proceeds would be used to redeem ...
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The Swiss renting agency Rent A Bike and the Swiss...
The Swiss renting agency Rent A Bike and the Swiss Intersport, whose equipment rental operations specialize in winter sports equipment, have signed a long-time cooperation for bike rentals in Switzerland, starting with the spring of 2014. Rent A Bike and Intersport will develop a network of rental stations together via ...
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New Wave Group of Sweden, parent company of Craft, has...
New Wave Group of Sweden, parent company of Craft, has acquired the rights to distribute its Craft performance apparel brand in the U.S. and Canada from Karhu North America, which had been Craft's exclusive distributor in North America since 1999. The acquisition was made through New Wave USA, a wholly ...
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Implus has announced the acquisition of the shoe care, insole,...
Implus has announced the acquisition of the shoe care, insole, and shoe lace assets of the Pennsylvania-based Penguin Brands, one of Implus' major competitors in the shoe care category. Implus' family of brands also includes Sof Sole, Yaktrax, Apara, Airplus, Sneaker Balls, Sof Comfort, Little Hotties, Perfect Fitness and ICETrekkers. For ...
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GE, the marketer of the waterproof and breathable laminates, has...
GE, the marketer of the waterproof and breathable laminates, has announced a strategic partnership with the Dishang Group, a major original manufacturer and exporter of textiles. Dishang has agreed to provide completely integrated eVent solutions for the design, sourcing and production of apparel. The group will support GE in the ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has decided to carry out a two-for-one stock...
Wolverine Worldwide has decided to carry out a two-for-one stock split. Shareholders registered by Oct. 1 will receive one new share for each one that they own, and their market price will be cut in half. After the stock split, they will receive a dividend of 6 cents per share, ...
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Charles Claire LLP, a British sourcing company for golf retailers...
Charles Claire LLP, a British sourcing company for golf retailers and professionals that had become the licensee of Lynx Golf, has acquired ownership of the Lynx golf brand for the U.K. and the rest of Europe from Chester Hunt, who has also been working with Claire for his Hippo Golf ...
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Masai International reports that Switzerland's highest court has fully rejected...
Masai International reports that Switzerland's highest court has fully rejected any further challenges to its purchase of MBT. Two lower courts had already ruled in favor of the company's new owner, the Singapore-based Andy Chaw, and against plaintiffs such as the founder of the brand, Karl Müller senior. Chaw has ...
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Billabong International's depressed share value went up by 46 percent...
Billabong International's depressed share value went up by 46 percent on June 25 as the Australian company reported that separate discussions were “well advanced” with two investment consortia led by Altamont Capital Partners and Sycamore Partners for the sale of its assets. The company said that the proceeds would be ...
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Acting through a subsidiary in Singapore, Shimano is investing about...
Acting through a subsidiary in Singapore, Shimano is investing about $36 million to set up a factory in the Philippines for the local market. It is expected to go into operation at the end of 2014.
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Gazelle has announced that it will build a new plant...
Gazelle has announced that it will build a new plant at its current location in Dieren, Netherlands, requiring an investment of more than €10 million. The news, reported by Bike Europe, comes after rumors that the Dutch bicycle manufacturer, part of Pon Holdings, would relocate its production facilities. The current ...
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Puma has announced the construction of a new central distribution...
Puma has announced the construction of a new central distribution center for the Nordic region in Sweden, centralizing the current warehouses of Puma, Cobra Puma Golf and Tretorn in the area. Located in Helsingborg, in the industrial estate of Berga, the facility will be an expansion of the local head ...
