{"id":360053,"date":"2026-01-09T02:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360053\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T02:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:15:09","slug":"olaplex-said-to-attract-takeover-offer-from-germanys-henkel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360053\/","title":{"rendered":"Olaplex said to attract takeover offer From Germany\u2019s Henkel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bloomberg\n <\/p>\n

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January 9, 2026<\/p>\n

\n Henkel<\/a> AG has submitted a takeover offer for Olaplex Holdings Inc, according to people with knowledge of the matter, after the shampoo maker lost over 90% of its value since its initial public offering. The stock rose more than 36%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\" Olaplex<\/p>\n

Olaplex and Dusseldorf, Germany-based Henkel are in talks about a potential deal that could come together within weeks, said the people, asking not to be identified discussing confidential information.<\/p>\n

Private<\/a> equity firm Advent is Olaplex\u2019s largest shareholder, with close to 75% ownership, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

No final decision has been made and the talks could end without a deal, the people said. Representatives for Advent and Henkel declined to comment, while a spokesperson for Olaplex didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Olaplex was up 25% to $1.69 at 2:45 p.m. in New York trading Wednesday, giving the company a market value of about $1.1 billion. It was worth $16 billion when it went\u00a0public\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n

Olaplex, which makes shampoo and other hair products, was among a group of capital markets darlings such as sneaker maker On Holding AG and coffee chain Dutch Bros Inc. that went public at peak valuations.<\/p>\n

Henkel manufactures chemicals for industrial and commercial goods and is the\u00a0owner\u00a0of hair-product brands including Schwarzkopf<\/a>, its website shows.<\/p>\n

Advent bought Olaplex in 2019 without disclosing terms, according to a\u00a0statement\u00a0at the time. Its products are sold to individuals consumers and are also used in professional hair salons.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Bloomberg Published January 9, 2026 Henkel AG has submitted a takeover offer for Olaplex Holdings Inc, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[712,709,59,57,58,138119,711,710,50,38110,713,138120,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-360053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-beauty","tag-fashion","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-henkel","tag-luxury","tag-network","tag-news","tag-private","tag-professionals","tag-schwarzkopf","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}