Henkell Freixenet in talks to buy majority of Maison Pommery

Henkell Freixenet is successful talks to get a bulk involvement successful French champagne shaper Maison Pommery & Associés.

A connection from Maison Pommery yesterday (2 June) confirmed it had started talks with Henkell International, a subsidiary of Henkell Freixenet.

The talks, which volition spell connected for 2 months, are astir "a projected strategical combination" which would spot Henkell International instrumentality a bulk involvement successful the French vino group.

Maison Pommery said the "proposed concern betwixt 2 family-owned groups would make a planetary subordinate successful sparkling wine".

The group's committee has formed an advertisement hoc committee made up mostly of autarkic directors to show the talks. It added that determination is nary warrant that the talks volition bring astir a deal.

The talks are taxable to owed diligence, last contracts, consultations, and regulatory approvals, Maison Pommery added.

The radical besides noted that it "will proceed its activities successful the mean people of business”.

Henkell Freixenet declined to remark further connected the quality erstwhile approached by Just Drinks, "due to confidentiality considerations".

Maison Pommery operates successful France’s Champagne, Provence, Camargue regions, arsenic good arsenic the Douro Valley successful Portugal.

In the group's results for past year, issued successful March, Maison Pommery, formerly called Vranken-Pommery Monopole, saw consolidated gross driblet 3.6% to €293.2m ($340.4m).

Net income surged 3752% to €31.9m, attributed to the disposal of Heidsieck & Co Monopole past twelvemonth to Lanson-BCC.

Operating income besides jumped 83% to €64.1m, driven by a €44.3m nett superior summation from the Heidsieck & Co Monopole merchantability arsenic good arsenic "controlled concern enactment successful a challenging 2025 marketplace environment".

However, by the extremity of past twelvemonth the radical had besides booked nett fiscal indebtedness of €754.4m, a €3.9m simplification connected the twelvemonth prior.

Meanwhile, Henkell Freixenet recorded 2025 nett gross of €1.25bn, up 0.5% year-over-year. Western Europe led the surge, accounting for 32% of full sales.

Growth was driven by Prosecco, Crémant, Aperitivo, and non-alcoholic segments contempt a marketplace that the German institution described arsenic “challenging”.

"Henkell Freixenet successful talks to bargain bulk of Maison Pommery" was primitively created and published by Just Drinks, a GlobalData owned brand.

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