Johannesburg - Steinhoff International Holdings [JSE:SHF] on
Monday said its acquisition of a 20% shareholding in PSG Group [JSE:PSG] had
been approved by a majority of its shareholders.
In December it was announced that Steinhoff would acquire
approximately 36.9 million PSG shares from the vendors for a total
consideration of R1 617.5m
The PSG shares were acquired by Steinhoff from shareholders
of PSG - CH Wiese, Mayfair Speculators Proprietary and Thembeka Capital.
This shareholding represented 20% of PSG's current issued
share capital, net of treasury shares.
PSG is an investment company listed on the JSE, with a
current market capitalisation, net of treasury shares, of R8.7bn.
Steinhoff said its investment strategy has been focused on investing in complementary assets that could provide benefits to, or derive benefits from, the existing businesses within its portfolio.