Bourbon: banks make new takeover offer

Bourbon: banks make new takeover offer

A takeover offer for the assets of the group’s central holding, Bourbon Corporation, has been sent to the receivers. Bourbon Corporation and its subsidiary Bourbon Maritime went into administration on 7 August.

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            ▪ Bourbon: banks make new takeover offer

▪ A takeover offer for the assets of the group’s central holding, Bourbon Corporation, has been sent to the receivers. Bourbon Corporation and its subsidiary Bourbon Maritime went into administration on 7 August.

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At the beginning of June the banks’ takeover proposal was turned down by the majority shareholder Jaccar, the holding company of Jacques de Chateauvieux. They offered a cash injection of €120m ($132m) to wipe out half of the group’s debt of €2.7bn ($2.98bn) in exchange for 93% of the capital, with the exit of Jacques de Chateauvieux and a ban on him from holding shares for five years.

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