<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/50959301.cms" /><keyword id="557690" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="L-Capital">L Capital</keyword> is exiting <keyword id="2657760" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Fabindia-Overseas">Fabindia Overseas</keyword> with over 100% returns and <keyword id="648852" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Premji-Invest">Premji Invest</keyword> has bought its 8% stake for nearly Rs 360 crore.<br />
<br /> L Capital, the private equity arm of leading luxury goods conglomerate Louis Vuitton MoHennessy (LVMH), had bought 8% stake in <keyword id="6492243" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Fabindia">Fabindia</keyword> in 2012 for nearly Rs 150 crore.<br />
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Meanwhile, Premji Invest was ahead of other private equity investors to buy the 8% stake.<br />
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Fabindia has over 200 stores across 79 locations, having customer base of three million.<br />
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Ravi Thakran, chairman of L Capital Asia, had said Genesis Luxury and Fabindia demonstrated strong revenue growth.<br />
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Reportedly, in October 2015, LVMH registered an 18% increase in global revenue, reaching 25.3 billion euros, for the first nine months of 2015.<br />
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Premji Invest buys 8% of exiting L Capital’s stake in Fabindia

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/50395503.cms" /><br /> <keyword id="557690" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="L-Capital">L Capital</keyword>, the private equity arm of world's largest luxury goods conglomerate <keyword id="382718" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Louis-Vuitton-Moet-Hennessy">Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy</keyword> (LVMH), is planning to sell its stake in the Indian ethnic wear retailer <keyword id="2657760" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Fabindia-Overseas">Fabindia Overseas</keyword>.<br />
<br /> L Capital is looking at $100 million (Rs 660 crore) for its 8% holding in the unlisted Indian company, which is roughly more than four times the investment that it had made in 2012. In 2012, L Capital bought this stake from Wolfensohn Capital Partners for Rs 150 crore, when the company was valued at Rs 1,875 crore. If L Capital gets the price that it’s aiming for, <keyword id="6492243" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Fabindia">Fabindia</keyword> will be valued at about Rs 8,200 crore.<br />
<br /> So far, the company has contacted at least four potential buyers, viz. <keyword id="6367519" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Temasek">Temasek</keyword> (owned by Singapore government), and PE firms <keyword id="76015" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Actis">Actis</keyword>, <keyword id="218609" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Apax-Partners">Apax Partners</keyword> and the <keyword id="44803" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Carlyle-group">Carlyle Group</keyword>.<br />
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Talking of Fabindia, it has more than 200 stores in 79 locations, while being based in Delhi. The customer base of 3 million is intended to be increased to 10 million in coming four years.<br />
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Fabindia was the only Indian firm in which L Capital had an investment. As of now, there are no announcements of it investing in any India-based firm.<br />
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Louis Vuitton is selling its stake in Fabindia

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