SMCP Parent Could Be Forced to Cede Control After Bond Default
06 Oktober 2021 - 1:54PM
Dow Jones News
By Joshua Kirby
SMCP SAS said Wednesday that its controlling shareholder has
failed to redeem bonds exchangeable into shares in the company, and
that part of its stakeholding could be put up for sale this
month.
The French fashion group said it had been informed that majority
owner European TopSoho, a Luxembourg-based holding of Chinese
conglomerate Shandong Ruyi Technology Group, had defaulted on bonds
of 250 million euros ($290 million) due at the end of September.
Underlying the bonds are shares in SMCP representing 37% of the
company's share capital, with the exchange pledge enforceable from
Oct. 19, it said. European TopSoho owns 53% of SMCP's shares.
Bond trustee GLAS has meanwhile informed the French markets
authority that in light of the default, it is entitled to instruct
35 million SMCP voting rights, or 29% of the total, SMCP said. If
GLAS enforces the pledge from Oct. 19, it would appoint a receiver
to sell the pledged shares to a third party, the company added.
Write to Joshua Kirby at joshua.kirby@wsj.com;
@joshualeokirby
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 06, 2021 07:39 ET (11:39 GMT)
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