It will buy Missouri-based Shaving creams and gels for about $275 million in net proceeds according to its financial advisor and stock offering joint book-running managers J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch & Co and Deutsche Bank.
Recently, it posted second quarter net earnings ended March 31, 2009 of $77.0 million or $1.30 per share from net earnings of $60.9 million or $1.03 per share in the second fiscal quarter of 2008. Sales fell 7 percent to $880 million from $951 million.
It also offers an option for the underwriter to buy up to 1.425 million common shares to cover any overallotments.
Shares of Energizer fell $3.02 to 5.35% at $53.46 in the early trading.