Investor Alchemy wants to take over almost half of Leder & Schuh – Diepresse.com

The British financial investor Alchemy wants to buy 49 percent of the shares in the Styrian shoe retailer Leder & Schuh (Humanic, Shoe4you). A corresponding application was brought in by the Federal Competition Authority, reports « The standard“On Friday evening online. According to this, the investment holding company ASO Lux 3 S.à RL, controlled by Alchemy Partners GP Limited, is also to receive co -control via Leder & Schuh AG in addition to the previous owner MRHG Holding.

Shares of the company, which has been in family for generations, have been pledged to the London investor Alchemy for years, the report says. Now Alchemy wants to exchange debt for capital participation and receive almost half of the shares in the leather & shoe.

The MRHG, as currently the sole shareholder, will keep 51 percent of the shares. The aim of the planned transaction is a comprehensive restructuring of the financing, which was decided in the previous year. The owner family Mayer-Rieckh did not want to comment on the possible change in shares compared to the newspaper. (APA)