Dufry to buy Italy's World Duty Free in deal valued at 3.6b euros
Transaction will create world's biggest travel retailer; Dufry to purchase 50.1% stake in WDF at 10.25 euros per share
Milan
SWITZERLAND'S Dufry has agreed to buy a majority stake in World Duty Free (WDF) in a deal which values the Italian firm at 3.6 billion euros (S$5.4 billion) and will make the combined group the world's biggest travel retailer.
Edizione, the holding company owned by the Benetton family and controlling WDF, said on Saturday it was selling its 50.1 per cent stake in the group to Dufry for 10.25 euros per share.
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