Philip Morris International twv $ 16 nphom rau Swedish Match

Marlboro-tus tsim Philip Morris International lees paub hnub Wednesday qhov $ 16 nphom kev sib tw los yuav cov neeg sib tw Swedish Match raws li ib feem ntawm nws txoj kev nrawm nrawm mus rau kev haus luam yeeb tsis muaj pa luam yeeb.

Shares ntawm Stockholm-based chaw tsim khoom tau ntaus cov ntaub ntawv siab hauv kev lag luam thaum ntxov tom qab nws pawg thawj coj pom zoo rau 161.2 billion krona nyiaj ntsuab muab los ntawm US-Swiss haus luam yeeb loj.

Swedish Match tam sim no ua lag luam ntawm tus nqi 32% txij li kev sib tham ntawm ob lub tuam txhab tau tshaj tawm rau hnub Friday. Tom qab caij tsheb tsis zoo txij li hnub Friday, Philip Morris International Tshuag tau ua lag luam ntau dua.

Qhov kev pom zoo, uas tam sim no tau txais kev pom zoo los ntawm cov tswv cuab, yog lub sijhawm kawg hauv Philip Morris International qhov kev siv zog txuas ntxiv los txo nws txoj kev cia siab rau cov luam yeeb ib txwm muaj thaum muaj kev tshuaj xyuas pej xeem.

107-xyoo-laus Swedish Match yog feem ntau paub txog kev tsim cov tsoos Swedish-style snuffs, muaj npe "General Snus," ib hom ntawm cov hnab luam yeeb tsis muaj pa luam yeeb uas muab tso rau ntawm daim di ncauj thiab cov pos hniav ua lwm txoj hauv kev haus luam yeeb.

Thaum tsis raug cai hauv EU txog kev txhawj xeeb txog kev noj qab haus huv, Swedish Match's General Snus yog tso cai los ntawm US Food and Drug Administration hauv 2019 tom qab lawv pom tias muaj kev pheej hmoo tsawg ntawm "mob qog noj ntshav hauv lub qhov ncauj, kab mob plawv [thiab] mob ntsws cancer" dua li luam yeeb.

Txawm li cas los xij, FDA tau sau tseg thaum lub sijhawm cov khoom lag luam zoo li no tsis txhais tau tias muaj kev nyab xeeb, thiab lawv tsis tau pom zoo los ntawm FDA. "Txhua yam khoom lag luam luam yeeb muaj peev xwm ua rau muaj kev phom sij thiab muaj kev quav yeeb quav tshuaj," nws hais ntxiv.

Lub sijhawm no, lub tuam txhab tau pom kev loj hlob sai nyob rau xyoo tas los no ntawm nws cov hnab yas tsis muaj nicotine tshiab, "Zyn," thaum muaj kev xav tau ntau ntxiv rau cov neeg siv luam yeeb.

Hauv thawj peb lub hlis twg cov nyiaj tau los tshaj tawm hnub Wednesday, Swedish Match tau tshaj tawm txog kev muag khoom thiab cov nyiaj tau los ntawm Zyn hauv Asmeskas, nrog kev xa khoom tuaj txog 35%.

Tebchaws Asmeskas tam sim no tso nyiaj rau Swedish Match lub lag luam loj tshaj plaws tom qab Scandinavia, thiab nws cov hnab ntim Zyn ua tus thawj coj hauv kev lag luam dej nyab los ntawm cov neeg sib tw suav nrog. Luam Yeeb Asmeskas American Luam Yeeb PLC thiab Altria Group, los ntawm Philip Morris International spun tawm hauv 2008.

Philip Morris International yog nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, tab sis tsis muag nws cov khoom nyob rau ntawd. Hloov chaw, nws faib nws cov khoom thoob ntiaj teb, suav nrog Marlboro luam yeeb, L&M, Lark thiab Philip Morris.

Nrog rau qhov kev pom zoo, nws lub hom phiaj kom rov tau txais kev nkag mus rau qhov npaj txhij-ua kev faib tawm hauv nws qhov qub tus tswv tsev.

Nws yog qhov kev hloov tshiab kawg los ntawm Philip Morris International kom nthuav tawm ntau dua li cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev haus luam yeeb. Hauv 2021, nws pom zoo los tuav Tshuaj mob hawb pob tsim Vectura Group, thiab tseem yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev tsim IQOS rhuab-tibacco system.

Raws li xyoo tas los, lub tuam txhab cov khoom lag luam tsis muaj pa luam yeeb suav txog li 29% ntawm nws cov nyiaj tau los, lossis $ 31.4 billion.

Cov phiaj xwm phiaj xwm tau rau txim rau cov neeg haus luam yeeb loj heev, uas muaj keeb kwm ntev los ntawm kev tsis lees paub kev noj qab haus huv txaus ntshai ntawm kev haus luam yeeb, rau kev tawm tswv yim lawv tus kheej uas yog ib feem ntawm kev hloov pauv mus rau lub ntiaj teb uas tsis haus luam yeeb thaum tseem txuas ntxiv muag thiab txhawb kev luam yeeb thoob ntiaj teb.

Ntawm Swedish Match's lwm yam khoom haus luam yeeb tsis haus luam yeeb yog America's Best Chew, ib qho khoom noj khoom haus luam yeeb, thiab Longhorn, hom tshuaj tsw qab snuff.

Philip Morris International tau hais tias ua kom tiav qhov kev thov yog nyob rau hauv kev pom zoo ntawm kev tswj hwm thiab tsis muaj lwm lub tuam txhab ua qhov kev thov.

Txawm li cas los xij, cov kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas ntawm Credit Suisse tau hais hauv tsab ntawv ceeb toom tias muaj peev xwm counterbids zoo li tsis zoo li. Nyiv Tobacco International muaj me ntsis qab los nkag rau hauv Asmeskas kev lag luam, nws tau sau tseg, thaum British American Tobacco thiab imperial yuav tsis kam vim muaj kev txhawj xeeb tiv thaiv kev ntseeg hauv Asmeskas thiab Scandinavia.

—CNBC's Sam Meredith pab sau rau hauv cov ntawv no.