HAL's Safilo Bond Offer Extended To Nov 27
November 18 2009 - 12:40PM
Dow Jones News
Dutch investor HAL Holding NV (HAL.AE) said Wednesday it has
extended the offer to Safilo Group SpA's (SFL.MI) bondholders to
November 27 adding that as of Wednesday 43.01% of bonds were
tendered.
In an emailed statement, HAL said that the new settlement date
will be Dec 2.
HAL, which owns a 2% stake in the company, agreed last month to
increase its stake in Safilo to between 37.23% and 49.9% and to
help in the recapitalization by injecting around EUR283 million
into the Italian debt-laden company.
The agreement is conditional on HAL buying at least 60% of
EUR195 million worth of outstanding high-yield 2013 notes linked to
Safilo.
Last week Safilo, the world's second-largest maker of eyewear
after Luxottica (LUX), said in a statement that in the event that
HAL's tender offer wasn't successful, "the company would again be
in a highly leveraged situation and will, in all likelihood,
default under its banking facilities by the year end".
At the end of September, Safilo's net debt was EUR586.3 million.
Its main creditors are Italy's two biggest banks Intesa Sanpaolo
SpA (ISP.MI) and UniCredit SpA (UCG.MI).
-By Sabrina Cohen and Chiara Vasarri, Dow Jones Newswires, +39
02 5821 9906; sabrina.cohen@dowjones.com
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