Frasers Group acquires further MySale shares
Frasers Group, owner of Sports Direct and House of Fraser, has had its mandatory cash offer for further shares in MySale accepted.
The owner of Sports Direct and House of Fraser has acquired 100,000,000 MySale shares from Jackson Family Capital and purchased 62,145,385 MySale shares from the brand's Founder and Chairman, Jamie Jackson.
Frasers Group has also swapped its interest in contracts for difference into 1,400,000 MySale shares and agreed to purchase a further 1,000,000 MySale shares from others in the market.
Frasers Group currently holds 447,373,783 MySale shares, representing approximately 45.05% of MySale's entire issued share capital as at 30 September 2022.
The news comes after Frasers Group acquired 270,666,650 MySale shares and, together with the contracts already held, increased its stake to 28.7% and became its largest shareholder on 29 June 2022.
On the same date, Carl Jackson resigned from his position as the Non-executive Chairman of MySale due to "conflicts arising in his role as a director of MySale with his personal position as a substantial MySale Shareholder" and informed the board of MySale that he intended to accept the Frasers Group's offer.
On 26 September 2022, Frasers Group moved closer to acquiring MySale after a major shareholder in the online fashion marketplace made an “irrevocable commitment” to sell 103,745,000 shares to the retail group.