Brunello Cucinelli acquires 43% stake in Lanificio Cariaggi

Luxury fashion retailer Brunello Cucinelli has announced that it has acquired from the Cariaggi family a 43% stake in the share capital of Cariaggi Lanificio S.p.A, the cashmere manufacturer.

The purchase price of the shareholding was €15.05m (£12.62m), a value that is proportionally close to the current net worth of Cariaggi Lanificio. The purchase was financed entirely with its own means.

Control and day-to-day management of the company will still remain in the hands of
the Cariaggi family, which holds 57% of the share capital.

Brunello Cucinelli, executive chairman and creative director of the Casa di Moda
said: “It is with a great sense of gratitude that we announce that our company has acquired
43% of Cariaggi Lanificio S.p.A., of Cagli. I had the opportunity to start my own business in cashmere thanks to the human trust that the Cariaggi and Caprai families placed in me. For this, thank you very much.

“I have always believed that Cariaggi is perhaps one of the jewels of Italian manufacturing, with products of great quality and craftsmanship; there is no doubt that it should be counted among the first industries in the sector in the world, if not the first, and that it represents something important for our territory and its culture.”