Coty nears deal to buy P&G businesses for about $12 billion: source

Reuters reported last week that Henkel & Co KGaA AG (HNKG_p.DE) and Coty, both of which have personal care and cosmetics businesses, made binding offers to buy separate parts of P&G's beauty businesses. P&G, the world's largest household products maker, has been looking to sell several assets it considers non-core as part of its cost-cutting strategy. Coty, which has a market value of $9.39 billion and makes perfume for fashion brands Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs and owns nail polish brand OPI and Rimmel mascara, has been looking to expand its products portfolio.

Coty nears deal to buy P&G businesses for about $12 billion: source source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/coty-nears-deal-buy-p-004943233.html