PARIS — It looks ever more probable Groupe Clarins will become private.
During a press conference held here this morning, the Courtin-Clarins family — majority shareholders in Clarins — announced an offer worth 814.2 million euros, or $1.28 billion at current exchange, to take the company private, as expected.
Financière FC, the Courtin-Clarins family holding company, on Friday morning filed a tender offer with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), France’s stock market watchdog, proposing to pay 55.50 euros, or $87.45, for each of the 14.7 million shares not held by Financière FC. This represents 36 percent of Clarins’ capital. The price the family would pay represents about a 29 percent premium to where the stock closed early Thursday afternoon, when the company suspended trading in its shares. The share price at that point was 43.72 euros, or $68.86 at current exchange, up 1.67 percent versus Wednesday’s close.
The tender offer is slated to start July 18 and end Sept. 5.
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It is expected Clarins’ stock will resume trading July 7, according to company executives.
For complete coverage, see Tuesday’s WWD.