Golden Goose Deluxe Brand develops total look collections for both men and women and caters to the needs of quality-conscious sophisticated customers in search of a lifestyle brand that offers distinctiveness and differentiation from the mainstream global luxury brands. Since its foundation, the CompanyвЂ™s development strategy has been built on a high-end market positioning, proposing a contemporary, unique and consistent style over time with distinctive brand identity supported by a highly selective wholesale and retail distribution network in key markets such as Italy, UK, France, USA, Japan, Korea and more recently China. Golden Goose Deluxe Brand is a leading Italian designer of contemporary luxury casual wear and accessories, mostly known globally for its Golden Goose sneakers brand. Marina Riva- Federico Steiner, Barabino & Partners The sellers were advised by Lazard, The Boston Consulting Group, PWC and Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners. The Carlyle Group was advised by DVR Capital, Bain & Company, KPMG and Latham & Watkins. We trust that Golden Goose Deluxe Brand and its outstanding management team will succeed in further creating value in the future and we are convinced that The Carlyle Group is the perfect partner for the companyвЂ™s next phase of growth.вЂќ Over the life of this investment, Ergon has supported the extraordinary development of the company accelerating its sales growth, also through the expansion of the retail network, with a constant focus on operational excellence. We look forward to supporting Golden Goose Deluxe Brand with our strategic industry knowledge and through investments to build the potential for the brand, especially in United States and Asia, and predominantly though an acceleration of its worldwide retail and online presence.вЂќД®manuele Lembo, Managing Partner of Ergon Capital Advisors, added: вЂњThis transaction is exactly in line with ErgonвЂ™s investment philosophy and approach and we are very pleased with the successful partnership that Ergon has established with an excellent management team and its co-investors.

Marco De Benedetti, Managing Director and Co-Head, Carlyle Europe Partners, said: вЂњWe admire Golden GooseвЂ™s stylistic unique brand identity, effective business model and undisputed capacity to innovate and create a new category of вЂluxury fashion sneakersвЂ™. Golden Goose Deluxe Brand is distributed worldwide through a network of more than 700 exclusive multi-brand stores and franchisees, along with 8 directly operated flagship stores. Thanks to its distinctive product design and appeal, in the last few years the company has already delivered a consistent track record of continuous high growth, generating more than 100 million Euros revenues in 2016, with international markets accounting for almost 60% of such revenues. Golden Goose Deluxe Brand will be CarlyleвЂ™s fourth significant investment in the European fashion and apparel sector following previous investments in Moncler, TwinSet Simona Barbieri and Hunkemoller.Д®stablished in 2000 with headquarters in Venice, Italy, Golden Goose Deluxe Brand is a fast-growing high-end lifestyle fashion company, with strong positioning in the luxury sneaker market globally. The investment will be made by Carlyle Europe Partners IV (CEP IV), a European-focused upper-mid market buyout fund. The transaction is expected to close by the end of March 2017. and participated by Zignago Holding S.p.A., the companyвЂ™s founders and the Management tea. Today the company is controlled by Ergon Capital Partners III S.A.

Milan/Brussels вЂ“ Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and a pool of investors led by Ergon Capital Partners today executed the agreement for the acquisition by Carlyle Europe Partners IV (CEP IV) of the entire shareholding in Golden Goose Deluxe Brand, an Italian luxury lifestyle fashion company. Investment will drive international retail expansion and strengthening of e-commerce channel