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July 18, 2007
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French Firm’s $7.3B Puma Bid Succeeds, Garnering 62% Stake

 
France-based PPR SA, which owns the Gucci brand, said that a $7.3B bid for Puma “succeeded after almost two-thirds of investors accepted its offer,” according to BLOOMBERG NEWS.   PPR, which agreed in April to purchase a 27% stake in Puma, now owns a 62.1% stake in the company.  Puma investors had five weeks until July 11 to tender their shares (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 7/18).

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