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Capri Sinks After FTC Wins Halt to $8.5 Billion Tapestry Tie-Up

  • Capri shares plunge after antitrust enforcer gets deal frozen
  • Tapestry said halt would kill union; FTC cited hit to rivalry

WATCH: SW Retail Advisors’ Stacey Widlitz reacts to a federal judge blocking the planned $8.5 billion acquisition by Tapestry of rival Capri Holdings.

Source: Bloomberg
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Shares of Capri Holdings Ltd. plunged Friday morning after a federal judge on Thursday blocked the company’s planned $8.5 billion acquisition by Tapestry Inc., maker of Coach and Kate Spade handbags.

The shares were down 45% to $22.82 at 9:44 a.m. in New York, a record drop for the stock, while shares of Tapestry were up 12.6% to $50.06.