Hyundai Global Service raises $721 million in pre-IPO financing
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings has raised 800 billion won ($720.93 million) through the pre-initial public offering (IPO) financing of affiliate Hyundai Global Service, the firm said on Tuesday.
Hyundai Heavy said it signed a pact to sell 38% of Hyundai Global Service shares to U.S. investment firm KKR for 646 billion won, adding that it would get a cash dividend of 150 billion won from Hyundai Global Service.
In a statement, KKR said it valued Hyundai Global Service at nearly 2 trillion won.
($1=1,109.6800 won)
(Reporting by Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)