LONDON (Reuters) – Optics specialist Carl Zeiss AG is poised to prop up its eyeglass lens maker Carl Zeiss Vision with a second equity injection which will dilute the shareholding of private equity firm EQT, two sources said on Thursday.
Carl Zeiss Vision, which was formed by the merger of Sola International with the eyeglass lens division of Carl Zeiss in 2005, is currently in a debt standstill with its lenders after breaking its loan covenants for a second time in September 2009.
