L'Occitane's billionaire owner Geiger to take firm private in US$1.8bil deal


Hong Kong-listed L'Occitane International's chairman and controlling shareholder, Reinold Geiger, will take the skin-care firm private, giving it an equity value of 6 billion euros ($6.4 billion), the company said.

The deal will value the shares Geiger does not already own at a maximum of HK$13.91 billion ($1.78 billion), L'Occitane said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange late on Monday.

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