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The Swiss Calida, which owns the brand of underwear Aubade,'' announced the intention to take control of the French Lafuma, a company specializing in sportswear.'' S announcement is not a surprise, but this intention was announced by Calida at its first acquisition of shares Lafuma'' s early 2013.
Tuesday 8 October 2013 2 minutes reading time
The company'''' proposed transaction dalll Lucerne (CH) provides a capital increase by € 35 million, which will allow Calida rise from 15.3% of the capital of Lafuma to 50.6%. Next will be launched a takeover bid'' on the actions of the French group to 14 euro per share. Finally there will be a further capital increase by € 10 million to € 9 per share.
The shareholders of Lafuma still have to give green light to the transaction.
Following several acquisitions made in recent years, Lafuma has borrowed excessively and in this period is facing economic difficulties: in the first half of the 2012-13 season announced an operating loss of € 60 million. The turnover of the Lafuma is now around € 225 million, higher than that realized by Calida, which in 2012 was about 203 million Swiss francs.
The Swiss brand Calida, founded in 1941, is well established in the underwear industry and is represented in over 20 countries, particularly in Switzerland and Germany, where there are over 120 Calida Store.
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