Arnault family plans Agache merger into Christian Dior and cash tender offer

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The Arnault family group is considering merging Agache into Christian Dior and converting Christian Dior into a limited joint-stock partnership, a move that would trigger a mandatory cash tender offer for Christian Dior shares without a squeeze-out. The plan follows the merger of Financière Agache into Agache and would leave a single listed company, renamed Agache SCA, holding a direct stake in LVMH of 49.76% of the share capital and 65.55% of the voting rights, bringing together substantially all of the Arnault family group's LVMH stake of 50.33% of the share capital and 66.27% of the voting rights. The tender offer would cover the 2.44% of Christian Dior's share capital not held by the family group, worth approximately 1.63 billion euros based on the September 22, 2026 closing price, at a proposed price equal to 95% of Christian Dior's net asset value calculated on a look-through basis from the one-month average of LVMH's share price. An extraordinary general meeting of Christian Dior would vote on the transactions at the end of 2026, with the offer expected to open in the first quarter of 2027 subject to AMF clearance. Bernard Arnault would serve as managing partner of Agache SCA, with Agache Commandité and Mr. Arnault as general partners.

Impact on assets 2

Consumer Discretionary▲ · 2 stocks
Christian Dior SE
CDI
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Arnault family plans to merge Agache into Christian Dior and launch a mandatory cash tender offer for the 2.44% of Dior shares it does not own, a corporate/valuation event for Dior shareholders.

LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton
MC
± MixedCapitalrelevance

The restructuring consolidates the Arnault family's LVMH stake (50.33% of capital, 66.27% of votes) into a single listed Agache SCA, but does not change LVMH's operations or ownership economics.

Off-coverage companies 3

AgachePrivate▲ Positive
Capitalrelevance

Agache is the entity being merged into Christian Dior and would become the single listed company, renamed Agache SCA, holding the family's LVMH stake.

Financière AgachePrivate▲ Positive
Capitalrelevance

The plan follows the merger of Financière Agache into Agache, consolidating the family holding structure ahead of the Dior transaction.

Agache CommanditéPrivate± Mixed
Capitalrelevance

Agache Commandité would serve as a general partner of Agache SCA alongside Bernard Arnault, a governance role in the new structure.

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