{"id":221789,"date":"2022-12-12T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=221789"},"modified":"2022-12-12T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T09:35:30","slug":"superdry-boss-explores-potential-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/superdry-boss-explores-potential-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Superdry boss explores potential sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/the_directory\/superdry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Superdry<\/span><\/a>, Julian Dunkerton, has reportedly held talks with private equity firms over a potential buyout of the fashion brand, according to The Times.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Conversations have taken place this year over a potential deal that would involve Dunkerton, who owns 23.9%, rolling his stake into a new private vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>After dropping 60% this year, shares in Superdry closed on Friday near a record low, valuing the business at \u00a386 million. One source told The Times that \u201cDunkerton thinks it\u2019s super-cheap\".<\/p>\n<p>A source also said that there were no active talks on a take-private deal and no advisors have been appointed for a potential sale.<\/p>\n<p>The news follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/superdry-set-to-refinance-with-70m-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Superdry's plan to refinance its existing lending facility with a \u00a370 million deal<\/span><\/a> from a fund backed by US activist investors Elliott Advisors.<\/p>\n<p>Superdry currently operates 740 stores across 61 countries and employs over 2,500 people in the UK and Ireland. In a quarterly report published last month, Superdry\u2019s directors acknowledged that there was material uncertainty over the company\u2019s ability to continue as a going concern until the funding was secured.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/superdry-returns-to-profit-in-full-year-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Superdry returned to profitability and reported an increase in revenues for its full year results<\/span><\/a>, ending 30 April 2022.\u00a0The fashion brand revealed an adjusted profit before tax of \u00a321.9 million, compared to a loss of \u00a312.6 million in FY21.<\/p>\n<p>TheIndustry.fashion has reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superdry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superdry<\/a> for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":200172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,10585,6],"tags":[11222,35,10812],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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