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Corporations Canada's federal registry search (the source for a significant-control register) returned zero results for both "APP Group" and "Mackage"; the two "APP Group" hits it did return (Blast App Group Inc., Flow App Group Inc.) are unrelated dissolved corporations. This is consistent with APP Group being incorporated provincially under Quebec's Business Corporations Act, not federally, so no federal significant-control register exists for it, and Quebec's own registry blocks automated access. Absent a registry record, the finding rests on multiple fetched third-party sources that agree: a Yahoo/WWD article states New York-based Lee Equity Partners' InterLuxe Holdings Group "took a majority stake in Mackage's parent company APP Group for an undisclosed amount"; SAGE LLC's own transaction page and 2017 press release (SAGE advised on the deal) describe APP Group "selling a controlling stake to New York-based Lee Equity Partners and its brand platform, InterLuxe" in a recapitalization that closed February 3, 2017, with existing management continuing to run the business; and Spayne Lindsay & Co.'s transaction listing independently corroborates the same controlling-stake sale and closing date. None of these sources discloses an exact ownership percentage. Management continuing in its roles after the deal supports assuming a residual Canadian minority alongside the US majority/controlling stake, so the CA/US split remains an estimate even though the underlying control fact is now corroborated by three independent fetched sources rather than one.

• Former Mackage Executive Launches Knitwear Company press “Five years ago, the New York-based Lee Equity Partners' InterLuxe Holdings Group took a majority stake in Mackage's parent company APP Group for an undisclosed amount.”
• Mackage other “selling a controlling stake to New York-based Lee Equity Partners and its brand platform, InterLuxe”
• APP Group Partners with InterLuxe press “The existing management team will continue running the business in their current roles and will strategically partner with InterLuxe.”
• Mackage Sold to Interluxe other “The transaction closed in February 2017 with APP Group selling a controlling stake to New York-based Lee Equity Partners and its brand platform, InterLuxe”
• Report on Measures to Prevent and Reduce the Risk of Forced and Child Labour in Supply Chains — APP Group (Canada) Inc. filing “APP is a privately held corporation incorporated under the Québec Business Corporations Act.”

APP Group's May 2024 report under Canada's Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, attested by CEO Tanya Golesic, states its manufacturers are located in China, Vietnam, South Korea, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Bosnia, Turkiye and Armenia. No revenue or product-line breakdown is given, so the split is estimated by dividing evenly across the three EU countries in that list (Italy, Portugal, Romania) and the six non-EU countries (China, Vietnam, South Korea, Bosnia, Turkiye, Armenia).

• Report on Measures to Prevent and Reduce the Risk of Forced and Child Labour in Supply Chains — APP Group (Canada) Inc. filing “These manufacturers are located in China, Vietnam, South Korea, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Bosnia, Turkiye and Armenia.”

The same forced labour filing states APP 'conducts most of its operations from its corporate headquarters in the heart of Montreal's fashion district, but also operates offices in New York, Miami, Paris, Munich, Shanghai and Seoul,' with 195 employees total as of April 2024. Per-office headcounts are not published, so the country split is an estimate weighted toward Montreal as the stated centre of operations.

• Report on Measures to Prevent and Reduce the Risk of Forced and Child Labour in Supply Chains — APP Group (Canada) Inc. filing “conducts most of its operations from its corporate headquarters in the heart of Montreal's fashion district, but also operates offices in New York, Miami, Paris, Munich, Shanghai and Seoul”
• Our History | Mackage® CA vendor_statement “Founded in Montreal in 1999, Mackage ("muh-KAJ") merges the finest, most responsible leathers, down and wools with luxury-forward design.”

Mackage's sustainability page reports material quality metrics, such as 77 percent of materials purchased in 2023 being recycled or certified, but does not disclose where down, leather, or wool originate. Absent that disclosure, inputs are assumed to follow the manufacturing footprint, mostly Asia with a European share tied to Italian and Portuguese production, and the online storefront runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform.

• Sustainability - Sustainable Outerwear & Luxury Fashion at Mackage® CA | Mackage® CA Official Site vendor_statement “77% of all materials purchased in 2023 were recycled and/or certified”