Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Jones Apparel gets new offer from Fast Retailing

(Reuters) - Jones said it was in talks with Fast regarding its proposal. Jones would be required to pay a break-up fee of $22.7 million if it terminated its existing agreement to sell Barneys to Dubai-owned private equity firm Istithmar for $825 million.




Jones, which owns clothing, shoes and accessories brands such as Nine West, Gloria Vanderbilt and Jones New York, put itself up for sale last year but failed to find a buyer. It agreed to sell Barneys in June after several months of negotiations.


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