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Workwear Group to Wesfarmers

Luxury & Apparel/Aug 2014
EV / LTM EBITDA
7.4x
EV / LTM Sales
-
Enterprise Value
$168M
Primary Source
Information Circular

Comparable Transactions

Luxury & Apparel transactions announced in the five years to August 2014. 24 with a disclosed multiple.

DateTargetAcquirorEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAType
Jun 2014DBApparelHanesbrands$546M-7.5xStrategic
Dec 2013Lucky Brand JeansLeonard Green & Partners, L.P.--6.8xFinancial
Dec 2013The Jones Group, Inc.Sycamore Partners$1.2B-8.3xFinancial
Jul 2013DaKineAltamont Capital$65M-7.0xFinancial
Jul 2013Loro Piana S.p.A.LVMH--21.0xStrategic
May 2013True ReligionTowerBrook Capital$824M-6.6xFinancial
May 2013Rue 21, Inc.Apax Partners, L.P.$1.1B-9.9xFinancial
Apr 2013RM WilliamsL Capital Asia$104M-11.6xFinancial
Mar 2013Hot Topic, Inc.Sycamore Partners--7.8xFinancial
Mar 2013Harry Winston, Inc.The Swatch Group AG--24.4xStrategic
Nov 2012Cole Haan LLCApax Partners--11.5xFinancial
Oct 2012The Warnaco Group, Inc.PVH Corp.$3.0B-8.5xStrategic
Aug 2012David's Bridal, Inc.Clayton, Dubilier & Rice--9.2xStrategic
Jul 2012Helly Hansen ASTeachers’ Private Capital--14.1xStrategic
May 2012Collective BrandsWWW / Golden Gate / Blum Capital--8.3xFinancial
Feb 2012BenettonBenetton family$1.1B-5.6xFinancial
Feb 2012Kenneth Cole ProductionsKenneth Cole--10.0xStrategic
Nov 2011Brioni S.p.A.PPR SA--19.4xStrategic
Jun 2011The Timberland CompanyVF Corporation--12.9xStrategic
Mar 2011Bulgari S.p.A.LVMH--25.8xStrategic
Oct 2010The Gymboree CorporationBain Capital Partners, LLC--7.8xFinancial
Oct 2010Hermès International S.A.LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE--12.4xStrategic
May 2010Stuart Weitzman Holdings, LLCJones Apparel Group, Inc.--8.0xStrategic
Mar 2010Tommy Hilfiger B.V.PVH Corp.--8.5xStrategic
Mean-11.4x
Median-8.8x

All Observations

Source-specific multiples and notes for this transaction.

Add to SetPrimary?Source TypeFairness Opinion / SourceAdvisorSource YearEnterprise ValueEV/SalesEV/EBITDAEV/Fwd EBITDANoteCitation
Primaryreg filingInformation CircularGrant Samuel2018$168M-7.4x-AUD:USD FX rate 0.932Open