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Based on the earnings of SK Networks’ gas station business last year, it may appear to be an unattractive deal to buy it for as much as 1.5 trillion won ($1.29 billion). The business unit only made 20 billion won in operating profit last year with sales of 1.4 trillion won. GS Caltex, the largest...
South Korea’s private equity firms have joined a final bidding round for SKC Kolon PI ’s controlling stake Nov. 4 amid market concerns about overpricing. Those joining the round include Hahn & Co. and Glenwood Private Equity, according to industry sources. MBK Partners, Korea’s largest PE fir...
Australian private equity fund Macquarie is poised to acquire South Korea’s Daesung Industrial Gases from MBK Partners, local business newspaper Hankuk Business Daily reported on Nov. 3. Macquarie is set to buy 100 percent in the gas company for about 2.5 trillion won ($2.15 billion), the report ...
Ulsan-based lifeboat maker HLB said Nov. 1 it will inject $161 million into its wholly-owned US subsidiary HLB USA by Nov. 5. This is part of HLB USA’s planned merger with Salt Lake City-based biopharma firm Elevar Therapeutics, another HLB subsidiary formerly known as LSK BioPharma until Septe...
Daelim Industrial ’s planned acquisition of Cariflex from US-based Kraton for some $530 million will leave its credit ratings unaffected, analysts wrote in a note Nov. 1. Moody’s Investors Service said the acquisition and the subsequent reduction of financial buffer will not either immediately ...
Lotte Chemical said on Oct. 30 its US subsidiary Lotte Chemical USA plans to secure $816.5 million as it agreed to transfer a 34.8 percent stake in LACC, a joint venture dedicated to a petrochemical project in Louisiana, to Eagle US 2. LACC is an 88-12 joint venture between Lotte Chemical USA and...
Korea Seven, the South Korean operator of convenience store giant 7-Eleven, has decided to merge the convenience store chain subsidiary Buy The Way and automatic teller machine operator Lotte PS Net. The merger will be complete by January 2020, according to a regulatory filing on Oct. 29. Followi...
South Korea’s credit card company Hyundai Card said Oct. 29 it will acquire a 50 percent stake in Vietnamese consumer finance institution Finance Company Limited for Community (FCCOM) for 49 billion won ($42 million). The financial arm of Korea’s No. 1 carmaker Hyundai Motor will acquire the s...
Kiwoom Asset Management is close to a takeover of Franklin Templeton Trust Management, industry sources said Oct. 25. Since Samsung Active Asset Management dropped its plans to create new joint venture Samsung Franklin Templeton in South Korea in August, 17 months after the two parties signed an a...
CJ CGV, South Korea’s leading multiplex, is expected to sell 25 percent of its Southeast Asian business as it seeks to solve a cash crunch, industry sources said on Oct 21. CJ CGV, listed on the primary Kospi board, said on Oct. 21 in its answer to investors’ request to clarify media reports tha...
South Korean artificial intelligence startup Sualab has been acquired by Nasdaq-listed Cognex, the companies said Oct. 18. With a price tag of $195 million, Cognex will take up the entire company and its intellectual properties. “Deep learning will enable Cognex to solve many challenging inspe...
South Korean kids contents and intellectual properties company CarrieSoft seeks to raise 8.2 billion won ($6.9 million) in its second initial public offering attempt before listing on Kosdaq, the startup said on Oct. 17. The news comes as a result of oversubscription by institutional investors in ...
The approval process for proposed mergers and acquisitions between South Korean telecommunication firms and cable network operators is dragging on. At an Oct. 16 meeting, antitrust body the Fair Trade Commission postponed the approval of a major deal amid lingering controversy about the cross-selli...
South Korean clothing maker Sae-A Trading will buy Tailim Packaging ’s controlling 60.5 percent stake for 213.8 billion won ($180.3 million) from IMM Private Equity, Tailim said on Oct. 15. According to a regulatory filing, IMM Private Equity and Sae-A agreed Oct. 15 on the deal involving some ...
South Korea’s largest mobile-gaming company Netmarble was chosen as the preferred bidder for Woongjin Coway on Oct. 14. The board of Woongjin Thinkbig which owns 25.08 percent stake in the rental company has approved the sale. Netmarble has reportedly offered about 1.83 trillion won ($1.54 millio...
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