PZ Cussons PLC - Manchester, England-based hygiene, baby and beauty consumer products - Offers to buy out minority shareholders of Nigerian subsidiary and de-list the company from the Nigerian stock exchange. PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC has a portfolio of family care brands, such as Premier, Joy and Morning Fresh. PZ Cussons has offered NGN21, about 2.2 pence, per share to buy the 26.7% of the Nigerian subsidiary that it doesn’t already own. This will be a total cost of £22.8 million. PZ Cussons says the funding will come from its cash balances in Nigerian naira. It thinks the acquisition will ‘significantly simplify and strengthen’ its business in Nigeria.

PZ Cussons will report group results for the financial year that ended May 31 on September 26.

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