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BNZL Bunzl Plc

3,048.00
-8.00 (-0.26%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Bunzl Plc LSE:BNZL London Ordinary Share GB00B0744B38 ORD 32 1/7P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -8.00 -0.26% 3,048.00 3,049.00 3,051.00 3,066.00 3,036.00 3,061.00 668,383 16:35:07
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Business Services, Nec 11.8B 526.2M 1.5570 19.59 10.31B

Bunzl PLC Acquisition (2712X)

23/11/2017 7:00am

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Bunzl PLC

23 November 2017

23 November 2017

BUNZL COMPLETES ACQUISTION IN FRANCE AND ANNOUNCES FURTHER EXPANSION IN AUSTRALIA AND BRAZIL

Bunzl plc, the international distribution and outsourcing Group, today announces that the acquisition of Hedis, Comptoir de Bretagne and Générale Collectivités, that was announced on 20 July 2017, has been completed following clearance of the transaction by the French Competition Authority.

The Company has also recently acquired Interpath in Australia and entered into an agreement to acquire Talge in Brazil.

Interpath, which is based in Melbourne, is principally engaged in the distribution of a variety of laboratory and healthcare related consumable products to the pathology, medical research and life science end user markets in Australia. Customers include public and private hospitals and other pathology and research laboratories. Revenue in the year ended June 2017 was A$22 million (c.GBP13 million).

Talge, which is based in Santa Catarina, is principally engaged in the sale of a variety of foodservice related products, mainly to redistributors in the southeast region of Brazil. Revenue in the year ended December 2016 was R$83 million (c.GBP20 million). Completion of the acquisition is subject to clearance of the transaction by the Brazilian competition authority.

Commenting on the acquisitions, Frank van Zanten, Chief Executive of Bunzl said:

"I am delighted that we have now completed the purchase of Hedis, Comptoir de Bretagne and Générale Collectivités. Together these businesses further expand our existing cleaning & hygiene operations in France and extend our business there into the catering equipment sector for the first time.

The acquisition of Interpath has enhanced our healthcare business in Australia and extended our product offering into the pathology, medical research and life science markets there, while the proposed purchase of Talge will expand our operations into the foodservice sector in Brazil."

Enquiries:

 
 Bunzl plc                      Tulchan 
  Frank van Zanten, Chief        David Allchurch 
  Executive                      Martin Robinson 
  Brian May, Finance Director    Tel: 020 7353 4200 
  Tel: 020 7725 5000 
 

This information is provided by RNS

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