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Bridget Weishaar
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

VF Corp Announces Agreement to Acquire Icebreaker; Shares Fairly Valued

Wide-moat VF Corp has announced its decision to acquire Icebreaker, a New Zealand company whose full product assortment is based on Merino wool, plant-based fibers, and recycled fibers. Its products are sold in 47 countries through wholesale channels, branded retail, and e-commerce platforms. We think the acquisition is strategically sound, complementing the SmartWool brand and giving VF further exposure to growing natural fiber demand. We expect Icebreaker’s fibers to be leveraged in VF’s Outdo...
Underlying
V.F. Corporation

VF is an apparel and footwear company. The company designs, produces, procures, markets and distributes a variety of lifestyle products, including outerwear, footwear, occupational and performance apparel, jeanswear, backpacks and luggage for consumers of all ages. Products are marketed primarily under the company-owned brand names. The company's segment comprised of: Outdoor, which includes performance-based and outdoor apparel, footwear and equipment; Active, which includes active apparel, footwear and accessories; Work, which consists of work and work-inspired lifestyle apparel and footwear and occupational apparel; and Jeans, which markets denim and related casual apparel products.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Bridget Weishaar

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