BUZZ-Footwear brand Skechers jumps after $9 billion go-private deal

Reuters
May 05, 2025
BUZZ-Footwear brand Skechers jumps after $9 billion go-private deal

** Shares of footwear firm Skechers SKX.N up ~26% at $62.17 premarket

** Co says it had agreed to be taken private by investment firm 3G Capital in $9.4 billion deal

** Adds, 3G Capital - buyout firm controlled by Brazilian billionaire financier Jorge Paulo Lemann - has offered to pay $63 per SKX's share in cash; 28% premium to stock's close on Friday, as per Reuters calculations

** Co states transaction is expected to close in third quarter of 2025

** Notes, SKX will continue to be led by CEO Robert Greenberg, President Michael Greenberg, and the rest of the current management team

** Up to last close, stock down 26.6% YTD

(Reporting by Anuja Bharat Mistry in Bengaluru)

((AnujaBharat.Mistry@thomsonreuters.com))

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