IN BRIEF: German peer Dohler takes stake in Treatt after Natara offer
Treatt PLC - Suffolk, England-based extracts and ingredients manufacturer - Dohler Group SE buys 4.2 million Treatt shares, a 7.1% stake, raising its total holding to 10%. Dohler is a Darmstadt, Germany-based peer of Treatt, making natural ingredients for the food, beverage and nutrition industry. Its investment comes just under a month after Treatt agreed to a cash takeover offer from Natara Global Ltd at 260 pence per share, which values Treatt at £156.6 million. Natara makes aroma ingredients for the flavour and fragrance sectors. It is based in Hartlepool, England and majority-owned by the UK and European private equity firm Exponent.
Dohler said it is not considering a takeover offer of its own for Treatt and will be bound to this by UK Panel on Takeovers & Mergers rules. Dohler doesn’t mention the Natara offer in its announcement on Tuesday. It says it considers Treatt a ‘high-quality company’ with a ‘strong position’ in the natural extracts and flavours market.
‘Dohler is supportive of the strategy outlined by Treatt and looks forward to building a constructive dialogue with the Dohler executive management team,’ it says. ‘Dohler intends to hold its shares in Treatt for investment purposes.’
Current stock price: 265.00p, down 2.0% in London on Tuesday morning
12-month change: down 41%
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