CANJUERS, France — KNDS, the French-German maker of the Leopard tank and Caesar cannon, is mulling a stock market listing to facilitate growth and corporate partnerships, with a potential timing for the middle of next year, according to a company spokesperson.

An initial public offer is one of several options under consideration, with nothing decided for now, KNDS spokesman Gabriel Massoni told Defense News on a trip to the Canjuers military base in southern France on Monday. Still, if KNDS were to go ahead with a listing, it would be timed around the Eurosatory defense show this coming June, he said.

KNDS CEO Jean-Paul Alary said in September the company would decide in coming months whether to move forward with an IPO next year, according to multiple media reports. KNDS was created in

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