Oct 13 (Reuters) - Shares of French night vision goggle maker Exosens EXENS.PA rose more than 15% to 50 euros per share on Monday, their highest price ever, after Greek peer Theon International THEON.AS said it would acquire a minority stake in the company.
Theon said on Saturday it had agreed to buy a 9.8% stake in Exosens for 268.7 million euros ($311.9 million), or 54 euros per share, representing a 17.78% premium over Exosens' last closing price of 45.8 euros on Friday.
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(Reporting by Gianluca Lo Nostro and Hugo Lhomedet in Gdansk; Editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)
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