Douglas, the European market leader in selective beauty care, has scheduled the release of its results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016/17 (ending 31 March 2017) on 24 May 2017. Douglas also announces an intention to raise a €300m incremental te
Dusseldorf, May 23, 2017. Douglas, the leading European specialist retailer in the stable selective beauty care market, will be releasing its results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016/17 to the market at 8:00 CET on 24 May 2017.
The results release and accompanying presentation will be available through the Investor Relations website (http://ir.douglas.de).
Please use this link to participate in the Webcast that will be held to discuss the results at 11:00 CET the same day (also available on our website).
Following its acquisition by CVC in August 2015 and capital structure optimizations in July 2016 and January 2017, Douglas has continued to demonstrate strong financial performance of sales and profitability growth.
On 17 May 2017, Douglas announced a significant step to expand further its strong positions internationally with the signing of an agreement to acquire two leading Italian beauty and perfumery chains, Limoni and La Gardenia, together trading as Leading Luxury Group (“LLG”). This acquisition follows the 16 March 2017 announcement of the signing of an acquisition agreement to acquire Grupo Bodybell in Spain.
The acquired businesses currently operate more than 700 stores and are a major step on Douglas’ journey to becoming the No. 1 or strong No. 2 position in every market it serves. The completion of the transactions remains subject to customary regulatory conditions. The acquisitions are expected to close in the fiscal year 2016/17.
Douglas intends to raise a €300m incremental term loan facility to fund the and/or refinance the purchase price of the acquisitions as well as to pay related fees and expenses. The new facility will have the same maturity date as the existing €1.370m TLB.
The deadline for commitments is 1:00 pm CET, Friday 2 June 2017.
Deutsche Bank has been mandated as Physical Bookrunner and Global Coordinator.
About Douglas
With approximately 1,700 stores (prior to closing of the LLG and Bodybell transactions) in 19 European countries, Douglas is a leading company in the beauty care sector in Europe. Its multi-channel offering that is fully integrated across stores, online and mobile, as well as its continually updated selection of more than 35,000 products, make Douglas the frontrunner in the growing sector it operates in. Supported by about 18,000 highly qualified employees, Douglas generated annual sales of approx. €2.7 billion in the financial year 2015/2016.
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