CVC’s Magnificence Chain Douglas Units Phrases for $991 Million IPO

German fragrance retailer Douglas goals to promote as a lot as €907 million ($991 million) of inventory in its preliminary public providing, as proprietor CVC Capital Companions capitalises on a rebound in European listings.

The shares are being marketed at €26 to €30 every, the corporate mentioned in an announcement late Monday. The IPO kicked off Tuesday and indicated demand for the inventory already exceeds the deal measurement, in line with phrases seen by Bloomberg.

The providing seeks to boost about €850 million for the corporate via the sale of recent inventory, whereas the controlling shareholder — Kirk Magnificence Worldwide SA, a holding firm owned by CVC and the founding Kreke household — will promote about €57 million of current shares to cowl tax obligations for members in administration fairness programmes.

The providing will encompass as many as 34.6 million newly issued shares, with the ultimate quantity decided based mostly on the ultimate provide worth. The corporate additionally expects to get an extra fairness injection of €300 million from the present shareholder into the capital reserve, bringing the full fairness contribution to Douglas to about €1.15 billion.

The value vary implies an fairness market worth of €2.8 billion and €3.1 billion, Douglas mentioned.

The itemizing comes as IPOs decide up after two sluggish years introduced on by the surge in rates of interest. Skincare enterprise Galderma Group AG is seeking to increase about $2.3 billion in Switzerland, whereas buyout agency Permira is seeking to listing luxurious Italian shoemaker Golden Goose and German vogue retail membership Greatest Secret.

Dusseldorf-based Douglas plans to make use of the proceeds to cut back debt, the corporate mentioned, confirming the plan it outlined final week in asserting the deliberate IPO. The corporate plans to refinance its remaining borrowings in reference to the itemizing.

CVC and the Kreke household will stay the primary shareholders after the IPO, the corporate mentioned.

The providing runs via March 19, with the primary day of buying and selling deliberate for March 21 on the Frankfurt Inventory Alternate.

Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Financial institution AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UniCredit SpA and UBS Group AG are engaged on the providing.

By Phil Serafino

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