January 15, 2013 / / ISPO

VF(威富)参与竞购Billabong

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北京时间1月14日晚间消息,据美联社报道,澳大利亚第一冲浪品牌Billabong周一宣布,继去年12月收到包括美银美林在内的一个财团提出的价值5.27亿澳元的收购要约后,又收到包括VF(VFC)在内的另一财团价格相同的要约。
该公司周一宣布,收到了来自包括VF与私募股权公司Altamont Capital Partners在内的一个财团提出的价值每股1.10澳元(约合1.16美元)的收购要约。根据FactSet的数据,Billabong目前拥有大约4.79亿股股票。

去年12月,Billabong还收到了来自包括其董事会成员保留-诺德(Paul Naude)、美银美林和私募股权公司Sycamore Partners Management在内的另一个财团的收购要约。

Billabong将用大约6周时间对这两项收购要约进行评估,并将给予这两个财团进行审慎调查(due diligence)的权利,以更好地了解其价值。

去年2月,Billabong拒绝了美国私募股权巨头德州太平洋(5.57,0.11,2.01%)集团(TPG)提出的每股3澳元、总价7.65亿澳元的收购要约,后来被迫出售了旗下手表和配件品牌Nixon的48.5%的股权以偿还银行信贷。在此之后,TPG又于7月向Billabong提出每股1.45澳元、总计6.95亿澳元的收购要约,但再次遭到拒绝。

Billabong是澳洲第一冲浪品牌,也是众多水上运动品牌中设计最具街头味道的一个。该公司创办于1973年,一直为板类运动爱好者提供新颖时尚高质的服饰和板类运动产品。

Billabong旗下有Tigerlily、Von Zipper等品牌,1990年时公司达到鼎盛时期。2007年股价曾一路攀升至每股17美元,但一系列的收购和决策上的失误导致债务积压,从此开始亏损。去年,该公司被迫裁员数百人,并出售了 Nixon的近半股权。

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Billabong has received a proposal from VF Corporation  VFC -1.27%; the parent company of Vans, The North Face, and Reef; and Altamont Capital Partners to purchase all outstanding shares of the company for $1.10 per share, or $556 million USD, the same price that Paul Naude and the “Sycamore Consortium” have offeredand are currently conducting due diligence on.

Billabong says that it has also granted what it is calling the “Altamont/VF Consortium” the opportunity to conduct non-exclusive due diligence.

According to the statement, “Billabong will now run a process to evaluate whether a change of control proposal, at a price and on terms that the Board would recommend, can be secured. This process is expected to take approximately 6 weeks.”
新浪财经/TWS Busniess

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