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...Newell Rubbermaid’s disastrous 2016 takeover of Jarden Corp prompted the effort to unseat the board of the combined group....
...This was painfully obvious for consumer product titans Newell Rubbermaid and Jarden Corp, which make everything from sporting goods to candles....
...Take Newell Rubbermaid, whose disastrous takeover of Jarden Corp in 2016 led to a series of profit warnings. It has now been forced to consider asset sales and strengthen its boardroom....
...The period reflected new revenues linked to its $15bn takeover of Jarden, the household goods maker....
...Since 2013 Newell has spent $1.2bn on acquisitions; Jarden $3.7bn....
...Jarden has revenues of about $10bn, and Newell has revenues of nearly $6bn....
...Mr Franklin said the decision to sell Jarden was unrelated to his other two main ventures....
...Jarden’s brands include Yankee Candle, Crock-Pot, Breville and Josten’s graduation rings. Newell’s top brands include Sharpie markers and Paper Mate pens....
...But Jarden Corporation, has managed to turn such household knick-knacks into a $15bn company....
...Jarden shares climbed 2.7 per cent to $54.08....
...We’ve done it at Jarden.”...
...The interview over, he wants to go for a tour of the local outpost of Marmot, the outdoor clothing company Jarden bought in 2007....
...Mr Franklin, a keen marathon runner, is also chairman of Jarden, a roll-up company of consumer products businesses ranging from coffee grinders to fishing rods. It has a market value of $10.1bn....
...Mr Franklin’s success in building up Florida consumer goods group Jarden Corp has won him fans that include US corporate raiders Bill Ackman and Dan Loeb....
...AW: Well, the sixth-best idea we’ve owned is Jarden Corp (JAH). We’ve made 827% on that, which goes to show you can do ok on your sixth-best idea....
...The acquisitive model for Platform Specialty is a replication of Mr Franklin’s consumer products business Jarden Corp....
...Hardy & Greys, the 141-year-old fishing rod and tackle maker, has been bought by Pure Fishing, a subsidiary of Jarden Corp of the US....
...The group, which also includes Martin Franklin, chairman of consumer products group Jarden, and Nicolas Berggruen, a French billionaire who has worked with Mr Franklin on other acquisition vehicles, paid...
...Mr Ackman, who runs the hedge fund Pershing Square, formed Justice last year with Martin Franklin, chairman of consumer products group Jarden, and Nicolas Berggruen, a French billionaire who has worked with...
...Previous vehicles set up by Mr Berggruen and Mr Franklin, who is chairman of Jarden Corporation, include Freedom Acquisitions, which invested $1bn in GLG Partners in a $3.4bn deal in 2007, and Liberty Acquisitions...
...lines and how aggressive they are with their serve,” says Bill Ackman, the activist investor, of the tennis game 15 years ago during which he first met Martin Franklin, chairman of consumer products group Jarden...
...I’m running 10 10km races over 10 days, each taking place near a different Jarden business....
...Martin Franklin, chairman and chief executive of Jarden Corporation who set up Liberty with his partner Nicolas Berggruen, a New York-based private equity investor, said the opportunity to buy Pearl had...
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...Martin Franklin, chief executive of Jarden, argues that his company’s lower-cost consumer products such as coffee pots and fire extinguishers will benefit from the rebates....
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