30th Sep 2025 11:16
Treatt PLC - Suffolk, England-based extracts and ingredients manufacturer - Dohler Group SE buys 4.2 million Treatt shares, a 7.1% stake, raising its total holding to 10%. Dohler is a Darmstadt, Germany-based peer of Treatt, making natural ingredients for the food, beverage and nutrition industry. Its investment comes just under a month after Treatt agreed to a cash takeover offer from Natara Global Ltd at 260 pence per share, which values Treatt at GBP156.6 million. Natara makes aroma ingredients for the flavour and fragrance sectors. It is based in Hartlepool, England and majority-owned by the UK and European private equity firm Exponent.
Dohler said it is not considering a takeover offer of its own for Treatt and will be bound to this by UK Panel on Takeovers & Mergers rules. Dohler doesn't mention the Natara offer in its announcement on Tuesday. It says it considers Treatt a "high-quality company" with a "strong position" in the natural extracts and flavours market.
"Dohler is supportive of the strategy outlined by Treatt and looks forward to building a constructive dialogue with the Dohler executive management team," it says. "Dohler intends to hold its shares in Treatt for investment purposes."
Current stock price: 265.00p, down 2.0% in London on Tuesday morning
12-month change: down 41%
By Tom Waite, Alliance News editor
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