Boohoo cofounders sell $186 million stake in the company - Business Insider

The co-founders of fast-growing British online fashion retailer Boohoo, Mahmud Kamani and Carol Kane, have sold shares in the group worth £142.5 million , according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.

Kamani and Kane, who founded the group in Manchester, northern England, in 2006, between them sold 4.3% of Boohoo's equity through a placing to institutional investors, reducing their combined holding to 15.8%. Kamani, the company's executive chairman, sold 35 million shares at 285p each, reducing his stake to 13.1%, while Kane, an executive director, sold 15 million shares at the same price, cutting her holding to 2.7%.Boohoo has expanded quickly, listing its shares in 2014 and buying the PrettyLittleThing and Nasty Gal brands in 2017. The retailer is tapping into a generation of younger consumers who shop on their mobile phones and share fashion tips through social media.

Online retailers like Boohoo are growing at the expense of traditional shopping groups such as the 135-year old Marks & Spencer, whose equity value has slipped to £3.7 billion.

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