All GrandVision articles – Page 2

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    MPG doubles down in retail, taking over 177 Essilux shops

    2021-12-31T07:34:00Z

    Just a few days after the announcement of an agreement with the Vision Group for the takeover of 174 of their Italian stores, EssilorLuxottica and GrandVision have announced that they have found an acquirer for 177 of their retail locations in the Benelux. Both divestments had been agreed with the ...

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    Essilux concludes public offer for GrandVision shares

    2021-12-23T10:27:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica has announced the expiration of the post-acceptance period of the group’s public offer for outstanding shares of GrandVision. At the end of the process, the company owns 99.84 percent of the Dutch-based retail group’s capital. EssilorLuxottica will now initiate statutory buy-out proceedings in order to obtain 100 percent of ...

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    EssilorLuxottica divests shops in Italy, invests in Sweden

    2021-12-20T08:34:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica and its retail subsidiary GrandVision announced on Dec. 17 that they have found an agreement for Vision Group to acquire their VistaSi chain in Italy, including the brand and 99 stores, as well as 75 GrandVision stores in the country. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ...

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    Former GrandVision CEO joins Rodenstock board

    2021-12-10T12:05:00Z

    Rodenstock has appointed Theo Kiesselbach and Guillaume Daniellot to its advisory board, MAFO reports. Kiesselbach spent 15 years at GrandVision in several top executive positions, including CEO of the group from 2011 to 2018. Daniellot is currently CEO of Strautman Group, a leading supplier of dental implants. Rodenstock’s newly created ...

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    EssilorLuxottica share in GrandVision rises to 99.73%

    2021-12-06T08:27:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica announced on Dec. 6 the results of its mandatory public offer for the remaining GrandVision’s share, following the expiry last Friday of the acceptance period started last Oct. 8. During the process, the Italo-French group acquired an additional 33.2 million shares in the Dutch-based retail group at €28.42 each ...

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    DTC and America drove EssilorLuxottica’s Q3 growth

    2021-11-02T09:08:00Z

    Reporting its results for the first time since the integration of GrandVision business, consolidated in the accounts since July 1, EssilorLuxottica reported a 33 percent increase in Q3 revenues to €5,473 million as compared to 2019 and in constant currencies. On a comparable basis, total sales in the quarter for ...

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    GrandVision reports 10% comparable Q3 growth vs. 2019

    2021-10-29T07:28:00Z

    GrandVision reported a 2.0 percent year-on-year increase in Q3 revenues to €1,068 million, also representing a 2.3 percent hike as compared to the €1,045 million reported for the pre-pandemic 2019 year. However, on a comparable currency basis, the group’s total quarterly sales grew by 5.8 percent as compared to Q3 ...

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    Synsam targets €690-€840 million valuation

    2021-10-21T10:54:00Z

    Synsam, the leading optical retailer in the Nordics which recently declared its intention to go public, published its Introduction Public Offering (IPO) prospectus yesterday and announced that the first day of trading at the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange is scheduled for next Oct. 29. The complete document is available in ...

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    Essilux launches mandatory public offer for GrandVision shares

    2021-10-08T08:16:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica and GrandVision jointly announced on Oct. 7 the launch of the recommended mandatory public offer for the purchase by the Italio-French group of all remaining shares in the Dutch retail group’s capital. As already communicated a few weeks ago, the price of the mandatory offer is set at €28.42 ...

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    Eyewear industry stock prices up 3.5% in Q3

    2021-10-07T08:34:00Z

    We are publishing here our quarterly update on the evolution in stock prices of public companies operating in our core eyewear market, including manufacturers, distributors or retailers of contact lenses, prescription lenses, eyeglasses and sunglasses. As shown in the chart below, the non-weighted average growth for the 22 companies included ...

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    Essilux buys more GrandVision shares

    2021-09-08T08:39:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica announced yesterday that it has acquired an additional 16,902,305 ordinary shares in GrandVision, at €28.42 each, as part of its mandatory public offer for all shares of the Dutch retail group. The additional shares, which were owned by multiple shareholders and purchased from a single broker, account for about ...

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    GrandVision close to full Covid recovery in Q2

    2021-08-08T13:44:00Z

    For its first results’ presentation since the takeover by EssilorLuxottica on July 1, GrandVision reported a strong rebound in both revenues and profits as compared to last year but fell short of returning to pre-pandemic levels. The recovery was driven by the easing of Covid-related restrictions in most ...

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    Luxottica facing €125m penalty from French competition watchdog

    2021-07-23T09:12:00Z

    L’Autorité de la concurrence , the French market competition regulator, sanctioned Luxottica yesterday with a €125 million penalty for anti-competitive behaviors in France between 2005 and 2014. EssilorLuxottica immediately announced that it would appeal the decision, highlighting that the group had always conducted its business according to the ...

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    Q2 Stock price update: Essilux hits record high

    2021-07-05T11:59:00Z

    We are giving here our quarterly update on the evolution of the stock price of 19 public companies operating in our core market, which grew by 9.4 percent on average between March 31 and June 30. 2021 - Q2 stock price chart The quarter was marked by the ...

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    Essilux-GV: transaction closed

    2021-07-02T03:16:00Z

    As expected since EssilorLuxottica ’s previous announcement two days ago , the group completed on July 1 the acquisition of HAL ’s 76.72 percent stake in GrandVision at the price of €28.42 per share agreed in July 2019. The transaction will amount to a payment of approximatively €5.5 billion ...

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    Essilux to close GV acquisition

    2021-06-30T09:25:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica announced yesterday that its board of directors has approved the completion of the acquisition of HAL ’s 76.72 percent stake in GrandVision at the price of €28.42 per share that was initially agreed on July 2019. The announcement was followed by a very short statement by ...

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    Essilux free to terminate GV deal following arbitral decision

    2021-06-22T07:42:00Z

    Just half an hour apart, EssilorLuxottica and GrandVision both announced yesterday evening that the arbitration proceedings between them ended with a decision favorable to the Italo-French group. The arbitral tribunal declared by majority that GrandVision had breached its obligations under the Support Agreement for the ...

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    Essilux-GV transaction gets final green light from Turkey

    2021-06-11T12:05:00Z

    All regulatory lights are now green for EssilorLuxottica and GrandVision as Rekabet Kurumu , the Turkish regulator, gave its blessing to the transaction between both parties, through which the Franco-Italian company would purchase 76.72 percent of HAL ’s interest in the Dutch-based retail group. The Turkish regulator’s ...

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    Del Vecchio takes control of Essilux

    2021-05-25T01:35:00Z

    As largely anticipated by industry observers, EssilorLuxottica ’s annual general assembly marked the end of the dual governance era and saw Leonardo Del Vecchio reinforce his control over the merged group. Implemented in 2018, the merger between two global champions in their respective segments of the ...

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    EssilorLuxottica revenues top 2019 level

    2021-05-07T07:30:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica confirms its growth trajectory started in the second half of 2020, with sales for the first quarter surging by 7.3 percent from the year-ago quarter to €4,060 million, or by 14.3 percent in constant currencies. This is even 1.9 percent above the level of the first ...