創(chuàng)始人泰德·貝克不再是其最大股東

Ted Baker founder no longer its largest shareholder

創(chuàng)始人泰德·貝克不再是其最大股東

Ted Baker founder Ray Kelvin has slashed his stake in the premium fashion and lifestyle brand following a share placing to raise £95m in cash to fund its transformation plans and help it to ride out the COVID-19 crisis.

泰德•貝克創(chuàng)始人雷•開(kāi)爾文已大幅減持這家高端時(shí)尚和生活方式品牌的股份，此前他進(jìn)行了配股，以籌集9500萬(wàn)英鎊現(xiàn)金，為該公司的轉(zhuǎn)型計(jì)劃提供資金，并幫助其度過(guò)2019冠狀病毒(COVID-19)危機(jī)。

Kelvin’s stake was reduced to 15.8%, from 35%, after he bought £3.5m of new shares in the placing in which investment firm Toscafund nearly doubled its stake to 26.4% making it Ted Baker’s biggest shareholder.

開(kāi)爾文的持股比例從35%降至15.8%，此前他購(gòu)買了價(jià)值350萬(wàn)英鎊的新股，投資公司Toscafund將其持股比例提高了近一倍，達(dá)到26.4%，使其成為泰德•貝克的最大股東。

Ted Baker’s share price has lost 95% of its value in the past two years and today its shares are trading at 128p; in June 2018 they traded at 1,998p.

泰德•貝克的股價(jià)在過(guò)去的兩年里下跌了95%，現(xiàn)在的股價(jià)是128便士;2018年6月，該公司股價(jià)為每股998便士。

The drop reflects a tumultuous time at the brand which was once fashion’s darling of the Stock Market.

股價(jià)下跌反映出該品牌經(jīng)歷了一段動(dòng)蕩時(shí)期。該品牌曾是時(shí)尚界在股市的寵兒。

Kelvin was obliged to stand down as CEO early last year after facing allegations of staff harassment, which he denied. He was replaced by his long-standing COO Lindsay Page, but by December Page too had gone, along with chairman David Bernstein following a series of profits warnings and an overstatement of stock value to the tune of more than £50m.

去年年初，開(kāi)爾文面臨員工騷擾指控，被迫辭去首席執(zhí)行官職務(wù)，但他否認(rèn)了這一指控。他被長(zhǎng)期擔(dān)任首席運(yùn)營(yíng)官的林賽•佩奇取代，但到了去年12月，佩奇也離開(kāi)了公司，董事長(zhǎng)大衛(wèi)•伯恩斯坦接連發(fā)布了一系列盈利預(yù)警，并高估虛報(bào)了超過(guò)5000萬(wàn)英鎊的股票價(jià)值。

Former Debenhams CFO Rachel Osborne joined Ted Baker last autumn as CFO but was subsequently appointed as CEO. A new chairman, John Barton, has been appointed and it recently announced that Topshop’s Anthony Cuthbertson would be joining the business as global creative director.

前Debenhams首席財(cái)務(wù)官雷切爾·奧斯本去年秋天加入泰德·貝克擔(dān)任首席財(cái)務(wù)官，但隨后被任命為首席執(zhí)行官。新董事長(zhǎng)約翰·巴頓，已被任命，該公司最近宣布，Topshop的安東尼·卡特伯森將加入該公司，擔(dān)任全球創(chuàng)意總監(jiān)。

Yesterday it was revealed that the company had swung to a to a £79.9m loss before tax in the 12 months to 26 January compared to a profit of £30.7m last year as it was hit by £84.6m of non-underlying expenses, mainly comprising total charges of £45.8m related to inventory, £16.2m related to impairment of store assets, £7.6m related to losses on the disposal of its Asian business and £6.5m for legal and professional costs. Total revenues were down 1.4% to £630.5m.

昨日有消息稱，截至1月26日的12個(gè)月內(nèi)，該公司稅前虧損7990萬(wàn)英鎊，而去年該公司的利潤(rùn)為3070萬(wàn)英鎊，原因是該公司遭受了8460萬(wàn)英鎊的非基本費(fèi)用的打擊，主要包括與存貨相關(guān)的4580萬(wàn)英鎊的總費(fèi)用、與商店資產(chǎn)減值相關(guān)的1620萬(wàn)英鎊、與亞洲業(yè)務(wù)處理虧損相關(guān)的760萬(wàn)英鎊，法律和專業(yè)費(fèi)用650萬(wàn)英鎊。總收入下降1.4%，至6.305億英鎊。

Osborne announced the share placing as well as “Ted’s Growth Formula” a transformation plan designed to get the business back on track. The plan covers three areas: “Stabilising the company’s foundations”; “Growth drivers”; and “Operational” excellence. Ted Baker said that its plans should lead to a more profitable business running on a lower cost base.

奧斯本宣布了此次配股以及“泰德增長(zhǎng)公式”，這是一項(xiàng)旨在讓公司重回正軌的轉(zhuǎn)型計(jì)劃。該計(jì)劃包括三個(gè)方面：“穩(wěn)定公司的基礎(chǔ)”;“增長(zhǎng)動(dòng)力”;“運(yùn)營(yíng)”卓越。泰德·貝克說(shuō)，該公司的計(jì)劃將使公司在較低的成本基礎(chǔ)上實(shí)現(xiàn)更高的利潤(rùn)。

Earlier this year Osborne carried out a sale and leaseback of its London headquarters,The Ugly Brown Building, raising £79m.

今年早些時(shí)候，奧斯本對(duì)倫敦總部丑陋的布朗大廈進(jìn)行了售后回租，籌集了7900萬(wàn)英鎊。

Yesterday’s share placing focused on institution shareholders and excluded individuals, the company plans to raise a further £10m today via an offer open to new and existing investors.

昨日的配股主要面向機(jī)構(gòu)股東，不包括個(gè)人投資者。該公司計(jì)劃今日通過(guò)向新投資者和現(xiàn)有投資者開(kāi)放的要約，再融資1000萬(wàn)英鎊。