(Bloomberg) -- Shiseido Co. is in advanced talks to sell its shampoo and affordable skincare business to CVC Capital Partners for 150 billion to 200 billion yen ($1.45 billion-$1.9 billion), as the Japanese cosmetics maker shifts its focus to premium beauty products, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The board of Shiseido is preparing to vote on the divestment soon, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. The operations targeted for sale includes the company’s Tsubaki hair-care products and is mainly active in Japan, China and other parts of Asia. The shares of Shiseido jumped as much as 5.4% in early trading in Tokyo on Friday, the biggest intraday climb since November.
Shiseido, founded more than 140 years ago as a pharmacy in Tokyo’s Ginza district, has been revamping its portfolio as the coronavirus pandemic has changed up cosmetic and personal care routines, dealing a blow to beauty companies. The lifestyle and personal care business represented about a 10th of Shiseido’s revenue in 2019, with annual sales of about 100 billion yen.
The potential deal includes some of Shiseido’s domestic and overseas operations, the people said. Negotiations are ongoing and could still be delayed or even fall apart, the people said. A representative for Shiseido said this wasn’t an announcement by the company, while an external representative for CVC declined to comment.
Shiseido has been seeking to exit non-core businesses by the end of 2021 as part of a revamp. Shiseido Chief Executive Officer Masahiko Uotani has said in the past year that asset sales may be necessary as the company prioritizes cash.
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For 2020, Shiseido’s latest fiscal year, the company is projected to post an operating loss of 4.7 billion yen, compared with a profit of 114 billion yen a year earlier, according to the average of analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue is predicted to decline by 19% to 917 billion yen. Shiseido is set to report results on Feb. 9.
In recent years, Shiseido has shifted its focus to its high-end prestige beauty portfolio — which includes Cle de Peau, NARS and its eponymous Shiseido brand — and done acquisitions to augment their portfolio. The beauty company paid $845 million in 2019 for Drunk Elephant, a prestige skincare brand popular with millennial and Generation Z consumers that’s known for its nontoxic ingredients and Instagram-friendly packaging.
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