Kirin Holdings, a major beverage manufacturer, has announced that it will make a tender offer for Fancl, a company that deals in health foods and cosmetics, aiming to make it a wholly owned subsidiary. The aim is to strengthen its health-related business amid sluggish growth in the market for its mainstay beer products.
Kirin Holdings invested approximately 130 billion yen in FANCL in 2019, becoming the largest shareholder, and currently holds approximately 33% of the shares.
According to the announcement, Kirin will conduct a tender offer for FANCL from June 17 to July 29, aiming to purchase the remaining shares and make FANCL a wholly owned subsidiary. The
acquisition amount through the tender offer is expected to be approximately 220 billion yen.
With the market for its main beer products sluggish due to growing health consciousness, Kirin has been strengthening its health-related business, including acquiring an Australian company that handles health foods in August last year, and aims to accelerate its business by making FANCL a wholly owned subsidiary.
Kirin Holdings Managing Executive Officer Toru Yoshimura said at a press conference, "We believe that we can further strengthen our business foundation and become one of the largest health science companies in the Asia-Pacific region," and revealed his intention to grow global health-related business sales to 500 billion yen in the 2030s.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment