Masan completes 250-million-USD investment deal with Bain Capital
Masan Group Corporation on April 23 announced that it has completed the mobilisation of 250 billion USD from Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm with assets worth 180 billion USD under management.
Masan has completed the mobilisation of 250 billion USD from Bain Capital. (Photo: Masan)
Hanoi (VNA) – Masan Group Corporation on April 23announced that it has completed the mobilisation of 250 billion USD from BainCapital, a leading global private investment firm with assets worth 180 billionUSD under management.
Accordingly, with an exchange rate of 25,356 VND per USD, Masanwill receive 6.22 trillion VND in net cash from this investment, helping significantly improve its balance sheet. At the same time, Masan will continueto actively seek alternative solutions to reduce leverage and reduce interestcosts.
Over the past two years, Masan has successfully raised 1.5 billion USD from theglobal capital market.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, Masan successfully hedged100% of the risk of long-term debt in USD with reasonable terms, with 950million USD of loan principal converted to VND at the exchange rate of 23,937and a fixed interest rate at 8.93% per year.
In addition, on April 20, Techcombank, Masan's affiliatedcompany, approved a 15% cash dividend payment plan. Owning 19.9% economicinterests in TCB, Masan is expected to receive more than 1,000 billion VND incash in the next six months, helping Masan facilitate the work of reducingfinancial leverage./.
At the Top 50 Corporate Sustainability Awards announcement event on June 29 in Ho Chi Minh City by “Nhip Cau Dau Tu” magazine, Masan Group was named winner in two categories: Sustainable Resource Management and Outstanding Risk Management Platform.
Vietnamese conglomerate Masan Group on October 2 said it has secured funding of at least 200 million USD from Bain Capital, one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately 175 billion USD in assets under management.
Bain Capital – a leading private investment firm with approximately 180 billion USD of assets under management, has agreed to pour another 50 million USD into Masan Group, raising its total investment in the enterprise to 250 million USD from 200 million USD announced in October.
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Masan has completed the mobilisation of 250 billion USD from Bain Capital. (Photo: Masan) 
