Results of the Reopened Offer in connection with Doodle's public tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for shares
14 Janvier 2025 - 7:00AM
UK Regulatory
Results of the Reopened Offer in connection with Doodle's public
tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for shares
Tuesday, January 14,
Results of the Reopened Offer in
connection with Doodle's public tender offer (the "Tender Offer")
for shares
Lexibook (ISIN FR0000033599 -
ALLEX), a European player in electronic leisure products
sold under license, announces the result of the reopened offer (the
"Reopened Offer") initiated by Doodle (the
"Offeror") for the shares of Lexibook, and
published by the Autorité des marchés financiers (the
"AMF").
Following the closure of the Reopened Offer,
206,026 Lexibook shares were tendered. As a result, the concert
consisting of the members of the Le Cottier family group and the
companies Doodle and Lawrence Rosen LLC, holds 6,101,028 LEXIBOOK
shares representing 8,428,110 voting rights, i.e. 78.59% of the
capital and at least 83.46% of the voting rights of this company,
according to the following breakdown:
|
Actions |
% capital |
Voting rights |
% voting rights |
Doodle |
3 637 222 |
46,85 |
3 637 222 |
36,02 |
Emeric Le Cottier |
1 187 029 |
15,29 |
2 329 375 |
23,07 |
Emmanuel Le Cottier |
1 154 607 |
14,87 |
2 271 879 |
22,50 |
Luc Le Cottier |
122 170 |
1,57 |
189 634 |
1,88 |
Total Le Cottier family group |
6 101 028 |
78,59 |
8 428 110 |
83,46 |
Lawrence Rosen LLC |
0 |
- |
0 |
- |
Total concert |
6 101 028 |
78,59 |
8 428 110 |
83,46 |
Following the declaration of threshold crossings
as published on December 27, 2024 by the AMF1 and the
maximum number of double voting rights outstanding as of December
23, 2024 (i.e. 5,604 Lexibook shares representing 11,208 voting
rights), Doodle holds, at the close of the reopened Offer 6,101,028
shares and voting rights representing 78.59% of the share capital
and at least 78.47% of the voting rights .2
Settlement and delivery of the Open Offer will
take place on January 15, 2025.
The notice of results published by the AMF is
available on the AMF website (www.amf-france.org). All
documentation relating to the Offer is also available on the AMF
(www.amf-france.org) and Lexibook
(https://www.lexibook.com/fr/investisseurs.html) websites.
Gilbert Dupont acted as financial advisor to
Doodle and Société Générale as financial advisor, presenting bank
and guarantor of the takeover bid. D&A Strategic Corporate
Finance acted as M&A advisor to Lexibook. McDermott Will &
Emery and Delsol acted as legal advisors to Doodle and Lawence
Rosen respectively.
Lexibook is also revising upwards its sales
forecasts for the current financial year (ending March 31, 2025).
By the end of December 2024, sales had reached around €64 million,
outperforming initial expectations. As a result, the Company
forecasts sales in excess of €69 million for 2025.
Nevertheless, the rapid deterioration in the
euro/dollar exchange rate, which has fallen to as low as
$1.02/euro, is likely to have a direct impact on the company's
margins. Although this impact is under control for the current
year, it could be felt more strongly next year if the trend
continues, as the currency hedges in place are ineffective at the
current rate.
About Lexibook
Lexibook®, owner of more than 22 registered
brands such as Powerman®, Decotech®, Karaoke Micro Star®,
Chessman®, Cyber Arcade®, Lexitab®, iParty®, FlashBoom®, etc., is
the leader in intelligent electronic leisure products for children.
This success is based on a proven strategy of combining strong
international licenses with high value-added consumer electronics
products. This strategy, complemented by a policy of constant
innovation, enables the Group to flourish internationally and to
constantly develop new product ranges under the Group's brands.
With over 35 million products on the market, the company now sells
a product every 10 seconds worldwide! Lexibook's share capital is
made up of 7,763,319 shares listed on the Alternext market in Paris
(Euronext). ISIN: FR0000033599 - ALLEX; ICB: 3743 - Consumer
electronics. For further information: www.lexibook.com and
www.decotech-lights.com.
Contact
LEXIBOOK - Aymeric Le Cottier - CEO - 01 73 23
23 48 / aymericlecottier@lexibook.com
WARNING
This press release, published for information purposes only, does
not constitute a public offering. The offer document prepared by
DOODLE, approved by the AMF on November 05, 2024 under no. 24-465,
and the reply document approved by the AMF on November 05, 2024
under no. 24-466, as well as documents relating to other
information about the offeror and the target, are available free of
charge on the AMF (https://www.amf-france.org/) and Lexibook
(https://www.lexibook.com/fr/investisseurs.html) websites.
1 Document 224C2847 dated December 27, 2024.
2 Corresponding to the loss of voting rights following the
contribution undertakings signed on July 18, 2024, as specified in
section 1.4.5 of the Information Memorandum.
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