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TPG Capital in talks to buy LVMH-owned Australian bootmaker R.M. Williams -AFR

Published 16/09/2020, 10:43 am
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SYDNEY, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Private equity giant TPG Capital Management LP TPG.UL is in talks to buy Australian bootmaker R.M. Williams (NYSE:WMB) from French fashion giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE LVMH.PA , the Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported on Wednesday.

The U.S. buyout specialist is conducting "late-stage due diligence" and trying to secure financing for a deal that would value the 88-year-old Australian manufacturer at more than A$250 million ($182 million), the AFR said.

Representatives of TPG and LVMH in Australia were not immediately available for comment when contacted by Reuters.

A sale at the price quoted by the AFR would be a mark-down from the roughly A$500 million that was widely reported in Australian media as being R.M. Williams's valuation when LVMH, via its investment arm L Catterton, put the asset up for sale in 2019.

However, fashion retailers around the world have experienced a sharp decline in sales since the COVID-19 outbreak prompted border closures and stay-home orders as governments attempted to slow the spread of the virus.

Also in Australia, LVMH-backed swimsuit maker Seafolly Pty Ltd appointed administrators in June citing a sales downturn from the coronavirus. ($1 = 1.3708 Australian dollars)

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