MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Private equity fund Doughty Hanson is interested
in taking over Italian luxury group Mariella Burani Fashion Group SpA at 26 eur
per share, the daily Il Sole 24 Ore said without giving a source.
The parties have been in talks for a month, it said. Burani Designer Holding
NV, which has a 56 pct stake in MBFG, is assisted by Credit Suisse, it added.
The fund would also launch a bid for MBFG's 53-pct owned unit Antichi
Pellettieri SpA, according to the newspaper.
The overall cost of the operation would be about 800 mln eur, it said.
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