Says agreed to buy Crystal Capital's majority stake Ordinary ... of about 24 percent over Thursday's closing price. WMF is a "true German industry champion with significant further growth ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Buyout firm KKR is set to buy German cutlery and coffee ... to buy a 52 percent voting stake in WMF from main shareholder Crystal Capital, an investment vehicle controlled ...

Finedining Capital GmbH, a Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. holding company, has made a voluntary cash takeover offer for Wuerttembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG, or WMF, KKR said in a statement.

KKR has launched an offer to take full control of German cutlery and coffee-machine maker WMF, which it then would delist from the Frankfurt stock exchange. Holders of preferred shares have until ...

The German firm Würtembergische Metallwahrenfabrik (WMF) announced the elimination of 700 jobs at the beginning of the year. The firm, founded in 1853 and specialising in household accessories ...

SEB SA surged after agreeing to buy WMF from buyout firm KKR & Co., which will make the French company the world leader in professional coffee machines and Germany’s no. 1 in cookware.

German group WMF has bought the 49% stake in Dutch kitchen equipment maker Princess that it did not already own, news agency ANP said on Thursday. Financial details were not disclosed. WMF bought a 51 ...

Buyout firm KKR & Co. agreed to sell German silverware and coffee-machine maker WMF to France’s SEB SA in a deal valued at about 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) including debt. SEB will pay a ...