Nestle offers $1.7b for 60% of Chinese candy company
Nestle has offered to buy 60% of Hsu Fu Chi International, a leading Chinese confectionary company, for about $1.7 billion and then take the company private in collaboration with its family owners, Reuters reported. The deal values Hsu Fu Chi at S$3.46 billion ($2.8 billion).
Under the proposed deal, Nestle would buy a 43.53% stake held by a collection of shareholders, including Baring Private Equity and Bain affiliate Arisaig Partners, and a 16.48% interest owned by the Hsu...
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