{"id":27464,"date":"2017-04-25T08:49:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T08:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=27464"},"modified":"2017-04-25T08:49:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T08:49:49","slug":"lvmh-arnault-to-simplify-christian-dior-business-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/lvmh-arnault-to-simplify-christian-dior-business-structure.html","title":{"rendered":"LVMH, Arnault to simplify Christian Dior business structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">LVMH, Arnault to simplify Christian Dior business structure<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Luxury goods group LVMH (LVMH.PA) and billionaire businessman Bernard Arnault announced on Tuesday a deal to simplify their relationship with Christian Dior by buying out its minority shareholders, a transaction aimed at boosting LVMH&#39;s earnings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Arnault&#39;s family company said the deal was also aimed at reinforcing its fashion and leather goods division.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">It would offer 172 euros in cash and 0.192 shares in Hermes (HRMS.PA), in which Arnault also has a stake, to buy each remaining Christian Dior (DIOR.PA) share it does not currently hold.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">LVMH will also buy the Christian Dior couture brand from the Christian Dior holding company for an enterprise value of 6.5 billion euros ($7.1 billion). Arnault has controlling stakes in both the current Dior structure and LVMH.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&quot;The corresponding transactions will allow the simplification of the structures, long requested by the market, and the strengthening of LVMH&#39;s Fashion and Leather Goods division thanks to the acquisition of Christian Dior Couture, one of the most iconic brands worldwide,&quot; Bernard Arnault said in a statement.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The initial cash-and-Hermes-shares offer for Christian Dior would be followed by another secondary offer, valuing each Dior share at 260 euros &#8211; a premium of 14.7 percent compared to Dior&#39;s closing price of 226.85 euros on April 24.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">LVMH added in a statement that the overall deal would boost its earnings-per-share within the first year of its completion, with the transaction expected to be closed during the second half of 2017.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">source:-http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-lvmh-dior-idUSKBN17R0I1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/lvmh-arnault-to-simplify-christian-dior-business-structure.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LVMH, Arnault to simplify Christian Dior business structure Luxury goods group LVMH (LVMH.PA) and billionaire businessman Bernard Arnault announced on Tuesday a deal to simplify their relationship with Christian Dior by buying out its minority shareholders, a transaction aimed at boosting LVMH&#39;s earnings. 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