SMCP Parent Loses Control as Bond Trustee Takes Stake
29 Oktober 2021 - 12:32PM
Dow Jones News
By Joshua Kirby
SMCP SAS said Friday that a bond trustee has taken a major part
of the stake held by its majority shareholder, and has demanded the
dismissal of all of the shareholder's directors from the board of
the French fashion group.
Bond trustee GLAS has taken 29% of SMCP shares from controlling
shareholder European TopSoho, a Luxembourg-based holding company of
Chinese conglomerate Shandong Ruyi Technology Group, after it
failed to redeem share-exchangeable bonds worth 250 million euros
($292 million) due in September, SMCP said, referring to a filing
made by the trustee to the French capital-markets authority.
Shandong Ruyi until now held a stake of around 53% in the company,
acquired in 2016.
The company added that GLAS has appointed a receiver to sell the
pledged shares to a third party, entailing a change in control at
SMCP.
GLAS has furthermore demanded that a shareholders' meeting be
held, including on the agenda the dismissal of all representatives
of European TopSoho and Shandong Ruyi from the SMCP board, and the
appointment of four new independent directors.
Earlier this month, SMCP said European TopSoho had begun legal
proceedings against GLAS.
SMCP said it will convene a board meeting in the coming days to
discuss the request. The company reiterated that the situation
doesn't affect its own financing and operations.
European TopSoho and Shandong Ruyi didn't address a request for
comment.
Write to Joshua Kirby at joshua.kirby@wsj.com;
@joshualeokirby
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