Danone, the world's biggest yoghurt maker, plans to launch a rights issue to raise €3bn ($4.2bn) to reduce its net debt and give it the flexibility to make bolt-on acquisitions.
The Paris-based group, which made net profits of €1.3bn in 2008, has been hit by the downturn in consumer spending, saying in February it expected no rebound in consumption this year.
Its sales of bottled water – including Evian and Badoit – are falling in western Europe and it is also battling declines in its dairy product sales.
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