Admin I Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023
NEW YORK – Sandal manufacturer Birkenstock has set the share price for its initial public offering (IPO) in New York at $46, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
That is right in the middle of the previously agreed range of $44 to $49, the WSJ wrote on Tuesday.
At this price, the company, headquartered in Linz am Rhein in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in south-west Germany, would be worth around $8.6 billion on the stock exchange.
Major owner L Catterton, who is linked to luxury conglomerate LVMH and its billionaire boss Bernard Arnault, will retain control of Birkenstock after the IPO.
Birkenstock’s plans see it catching a wave of activity in the US stock market after more than a year in the doldrums.
Birkenstock claims its origins go back to 1774, when the shoemaker Johannes Birkenstock laid the foundation for “a shoemaker dynasty.” The company calls itself the inventor of the “footbed.”
The sandals were once notorious for their hippie image. But in recent years they have increasingly developed into a fashion accessory, including through collaborations with high-end brands such as Dior and Manolo Blahnik.
