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Signet Jewelers completes $1.4bn acquisition of Zale Corp

Fri, 30th May 2014 11:04

Signet Jewelers, the largest speciality retail jeweller in the US and the UK, has completed the 'transformational' acquisition of Zale Corp for $21 a share in cash.Signet, has purchased the North American firm through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Carat, to further diversify its businesses and extend its international footprint, which it believes will lead to further growth across the group. The deal has a total value of around $1.4bn, which it expects to finance through bank debt, other debt financing, as well as the securitisation of a "significant portion" of its accounts receivable portfolio. Signet's Chief Executive Officer, Mike Barnes, said: "The addition of Zale to the Signet family is consistent with our long-term growth strategy and leverages our combined operating expertise to create better choices for our customers, new opportunities for our employees, and makes us a more attractive partner to our vendors. "In addition, it allows us to better optimise our balance sheet, creating long-term value for our shareholders. We are excited about the prospects for the combined company and the many opportunities that this creates for our future." As of 11:21 the share price had dropped by 0.6p to 6442p.WS
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20 Aug 2009 14:31

FTSE 250 movers: SIG climbs despite profit fall

SIG is one of the top risers even after the building products group posted a sharp fall in profits as weakness in the construction market persisted into the first half of 2009. On the positive side, the firm said the new build housing segment had shown some modest signs of stabilising. Wellstream,

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Weak construction market hits SIG

Building products supplier SIG saw a 10% fall in sales in the half year to June 30 as it continued to feel the impact of the depressed construction market. In the second half of June sales were stable 'without exhibiting the level of seasonal pickup in activity which typically manifests itself from

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23 Jun 2009 15:36

Ryanair chairman offloads shares

Ryanair's chairman David Bonderman has sold more than €1m worth of shares in the company. He offloaded 300,000 shares at €3.35 a time. Ryanair said that this amounts to about 0.02% of the company and that Bonderman now has about 0.93%. News of the share sale comes on the same day Ryanair said it

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