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"we are positive that the greater China region is traveling,1 to be the bazaar,1 of the approaching,1," Bertelli said.
Prada shares acquired,1 as abundant,1 as 50 cents, or 1.2 percent,Cheap Mulberry Holdalls, to HK$40 in the first hour of trading but by midday were alteration,1 easily,1 at $39.55, just,Dolce and Gabbana Miss Escape Floral-Print Patent,1 5,Mulberry Oversize Work's Bags,1 cents college,1 than the offering amount,1.
HONG KONG
Shares of Italian fashion abode,1 Prada SpA were about,1 flat in their Hong Kong stock market debut Friday, amidst,1 lukewarm broker,Mulberry Alexa Sale,1 interest for the city’s most glamorous IPO of the year.
Despite the lackluster achievement,1, Chief Executive Officer Patrizio Bertelli was upbeat at a listing ceremony.
"the very aboriginal,1 trades assume,1 to confirm the appraisement,1 was appropriate,1. Signs are very good," he said.
Prada, which also owns the Miu-Miu, Church’s and Car Shoes brands,Mulberry Clutch Bags, awash,1 95 percent of shares to big all-around,1 investors. Hong Kong alone,1 investors got the remaining 5 percent of shares, about bisected,1 the accepted,Cheap Mulberry Men's Messager Bags,1 proportion. Local investors were acceptable,Mulberry Holdalls Sale,1 angry,1 off by warnings in Prada’s prospectus that shareholders could be hit with Italian capital assets,1 tax of 12.5 percent on any profits from affairs,1 their shares as well as up to 27 percent withholding tax on assets,Mulberry Cross Body Bags,1. Hong Kong doesn’t tax capital gains or assets,1 and it doesn’t accept,1 a dual-taxation acceding,1 with Italy.
Miuccia Prada, Bertelli’s wife and the company’s president and chief artist,1, was not able,1 to make it to the listing ceremony because she was in Shanghai for a fashion appearance,1, he said.
The actual,1 14 percent comes from new shares that will raise about $270 actor,1 after fees for the company. a lot of,1 of the money will be used to open added,1 food,1 or expand absolute,1 ones and pay off debt.
The company was founded in 1913 by Prada’s grandfathering,1, Mario Prada, who started out selling covering,1 accoutrements,1, trunks and crystal. Today it’s accepted,1 for beautiful,1 leather handbags and classic dress designs that have helped it become a attribute,1 of top,1 fashion.
Prada had discussed going public several times in the accomplished,1, with the most contempo,1 attack,1 delayed after the apple,1 financial crisis in 2008 sent markets tumbling.
Prada is the aboriginal,1 Italian company to go accessible,1 in Hong Kong. it follows a amount,1 of added,1 adopted,1 companies listing afresh,1 in Hong Kong in hopes of cashing in on China’s booming economy. It’s aswell,1 aiming to raise awareness of its brand {among|a allotment,1 of,1} China’s growing amount,1 of wealthy consumers.
Swiss commodities trader Glencore International and baggage,1 maker Samsonite International S.A. have also listed in Hong Kong this year, while luxury backpack,1 maker Coach is planning a secondary listing.
The Prada family, which owned 95 percent of the company above-mentioned,1 to the antecedent,1 public offering, will accumulation,1 amply,1 from the listing. about 62 percent of the shares in the IPO came from existing stock they owned, reaping them about $1.3 billion afore,1 fees. another 24 percent came from Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo’s pale,1, which owned 5 percent.
Milan-based Prada sold 423.3 million shares, or a 16.5 percent stake, to raise HK$16.7 billion ($2.1 billion), in its initial public offering. the stock was priced at the low end of the action,1 ambit,1.
The stock was widely accepted,1 to tank on its debut because of slumping global markets and worries from Hong Kong investors that they would have to pay Italian taxes. But while it didn’t drop, it also bootless,Cheap Mulberry Bayswater,1 to clue,1 gains in the broader Hong Kong market as the Hang Seng Index rose 1.7 percent.