Baker Aryzta Dismisses Top Shareholder's Plan For Smaller Capital Increase
October 19, 2018 | 1 min to read
ZURICH – Swiss-Irish baker Aryzta stood by its plan to raise 800 million euros ($926 million) in new equity to meet its liquidity and financing needs, criticising a proposal by its biggest shareholder to raise only half that amount as inadequate and risky.
On Monday, Cobas Asset Management, which has a 14.5 percent stake in the maker of McDonald’s hamburger buns, put forward an alternative plan for a 400 million euro capital increase and the sale of non-core assets it said could raise a further 250 million euros.
“The Board of Directors and executive management of Aryzta remains firm and unanimous that 800 million euros of equity capital is required to reduce its excessive debt levels, strengthen its balance sheet and provide the necessary liquidity and working capital funding to deliver on its multi-year turnaround plan,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
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