GrandVision NV surged for a second day after Ray-Ban sunglasses owner EssilorLuxottica SA began takeover talks in a deal that would value the smaller Dutch eyewear retailer at about 7.1 billion euros ($8 billion).
EssilorLuxottica is holding talks with GrandVision’s controlling shareholder, HAL, to buy the firm’s approximately 77% stake, HAL said in a statement on Wednesday in response to a Bloomberg report, which was confirmed later by the French-Italian suitor. Shares of GrandVision jumped as much as 10% Thursday, reaching 25.30 euros, their highest level since September 2016.
