CVC and RBS offload another $289 million of Samsonite shares

The club-type deal was prompted by reverse inquiries and is the third sell-down by the two pre-IPO shareholders since Samsonite’s listing in 2011.

January 15, 2013

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and Royal Bank of Scotland have sold another batch of shares in Samsonite International, the world’s biggest travel luggage company, raising a combined HK$2.24 billion ($289 million).

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