Norcros (NXR): Sale of South African operations
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12 May 2026 · Board exploring sale options; process just starting · −9% until the next step
We would expect any sale process, which would be subject to a customary South African competition review, to take approximately 12 months.
11 Jun 2026 · Board exploring sale options · +15% until the next step
Post year-end, announced the intention to explore options to sell the Group's remaining South African business
15 Oct 2026 · Sale process progressing to plan · −1% since
The previously announced process to potentially dispose of the South African operations is progressing to plan.
Sale of South African operations
Sale process progressing to plan
NOV19
Next: Disposal process progressing; interim results due in 26 days
Every step · 3
- 12 May 2026 Board exploring sale options; process just starting – We would expect any sale process, which would be subject to a customary South African competition review, to take approximately 12 months. ↗
- 11 Jun 2026 Board exploring sale options – Post year-end, announced the intention to explore options to sell the Group's remaining South African business ↗
- 15 Oct 2026 Sale process progressing to plan – The previously announced process to potentially dispose of the South African operations is progressing to plan. ↗
What is happening
Norcros: Sale of South African operations – Sale process progressing to plan. ['Sale process progressing to plan']
- In short
- The Board said on 12 May 2026 it would explore a sale of the profitable South African business, completing the shift to a capital-light UK and European brand group. This update says the process is progressing to plan and that South Africa performed well in H1. No buyer or price is named.
- Announced
- 12 May 2026 · Board exploring sale options; process just starting
- Latest
- 15 Oct 2026 · Sale process progressing to plan
- Status
- Process to potentially dispose of the South African operations is progressing to plan
- Buyer
- Not stated
- Price
- Not stated
- Next milestone
- Interim results on 19 November 2026
What comes next
Disposal process progressing; interim results due (19 Nov 2026).
Briefing
Norcros in 4 minutes
Norcros sells branded bathroom products: Triton showers, Merlyn shower enclosures, Vado taps, Fibo wall panels and others. It is the largest such group in the UK and Ireland. Over three years it has dropped its tile...
- Act 1Weak markets, falling sales, rising margins
- Act 2Cutting out the tile factories
- Act 3Fibo: buying into Northern Europe
From the company's own announcements. Not investment advice.
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