CapLaw-2015-35

SIX-listed Kaba Holding AG (Kaba) and family-owned Dorma Group (Germany) plan to merge and become the dorma+kaba group. A corresponding transaction agreement was signed on 29 April 2015 and was fully supported by the family shareholders of both companies. Upon completion of the merger, Kaba will contribute its operational business into Dorma Holding GmbH + Co. KGaA and will receive a 52.5% controlling stake thereof. Kaba will then be renamed dorma+kaba Holding AG. As the SIX-listed holding company and domicile of the new group, it will be responsible for the company’s strategic, operational and financial leadership and will fully consolidate…