
Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica secured EU antitrust approval on Tuesday for its 7.2 billion euro ($8.5 billion) acquisition of GrandVision.
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Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica secured EU antitrust approval on Tuesday for its 7.2 billion euro ($8.5 billion) acquisition of GrandVision.
EssilorLuxottica is targeting a recovery in its business this year to levels seen before the COVID-19 crisis after the Oakley and Ray-Ban maker's fourth-quarter revenue showed further signs of improvement.
Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica has offered to sell assets in three EU countries in a bid to gain EU antitrust approval for its 7.2-billion-euro purchase of GrandVision, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Essilor’s CEO Hubert Sagnières has decided to step down from his executive duties within the EssilorLuxottica group and its subsidiaries and will remain as non-executive vice president.
EssilorLuxottica said on Tuesday its third-quarter sales showed signs of recovery, but will eye the next few months with 'prudent confidence' as a second coronavirus wave threatens another heavy blow to results.
Oakley and Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica's second-quarter revenue almost halved due to store closures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, it said on Friday, sending operating profit tumbling by more than 90%.
EssilorLuxottica has filed a legal action to obtain information from its acquisition target GrandVision about its management of the coronavirus crisis, the French-Italian maker of Ray-Ban said on Saturday.
EU regulators are set to warn EssilorLuxottica that its 7.2 billion euro bid for opticians group GrandVision may harm competition, people familiar with the matter said, pressuring the group to offer concessions.
On Friday, the eyewear and optics giant announced it launched a €3 billion bond issue for general corporate purposes on Thursday, with an average yield of 0.46%.
Luxottica will give employees a monitor that alerts them if they are not respecting social distancing rules and keeps track of contacts with people potentially at risk of coronavirus infection, it said on Thursday.