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LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / April 24, 2017 / Active Wall St. blog coverage looks at the headline from global investment firm KKR & Co. L.P. (NYSE: KKR) as the Company announced the completed disbursement of $250 million investment in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam based Masan Group and its branded meat platform Masan Nutri-Science on April 20, 2017, as per an official communication from the Companies. The agreement for the investment by KKR was signed earlier on April 03, 2017. Register with us now for your free membership and blog access at:

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KKR is a global investment firm that deals in private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit and hedge funds. It uses a patient and disciplined approach, puts in place a team of professionals to work with the investment partners to generate attractive investment returns. It also offers customized financial advice and investment solutions.

Details of the investment

KKR's $250 million investment in Masan Group was through its Asian Fund II. KKR invested $100 million by buying off secondary shares of Masan Group from Danish Private Equity firm PENM Partners. The remaining $150 million was used to buy 7.5% primary stake in Masan Nutri-Science. KKR has a history with Masan Group and had earlier invested $359 million in Masan Consumer Corp. in 2013 and 2011.

Following the disbursement of the investment, KKR will become the second largest investor and foreign shareholder in Masan Group after GIC, Singapore Government's sovereign wealth fund. In Masan Nutri-Science, KKR will be the majority shareholder after Masan Group. The transaction also marks the complete exit of PENM Partners from Masan Group.

Mr. Ming Lu, Member of KKR and Head of Asia Private Equity has been invited as an honorary guest to the Masan Group's Shareholders' Annual General Meeting scheduled for April 24, 2017, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He will address the shareholders and discuss his ideas on KKR's partnership with Masan Group and Vietnam's consumer potential.

Mr. Ming Lu had earlier commented while signing the investment agreement with Masan Group:

"Masan Group is a world-class partner in Vietnam. We admire and respect their capabilities to strategically transform businesses by driving change to serve 90 million consumers with quality and affordable daily products."

Mr. Nguyen Dang Quang, Chairman of Masan Group had commented:

"With KKR's investment in Masan, we will be in a stronger position to deliver on our commitment to Vietnamese consumers."

About Investee Companies

Masan Group is an investment holding Company and is one of Vietnam's largest private sector Companies. Its interests span includes meat, packaged food and beverage (F&B), resources, and financial services, etc. The Company aims to provide items of basic needs like daily essentials of food and beverage, fresh food (meat), and financial products to 90 million Vietnamese consumers at affordable rates without compromising on quality. Masan aims to do this by increasing productivity via technological innovations, offering trusted brands and concentrate on few big opportunities that would have maximum impact on people's lives. Some of the leading brands owned by the Company in the F & B sector include Chin-su, Nam Ngu, Tam Thai Tu, Omachi, Kokomi, Sagami, B'fast, Komi, Vinacafé, Wake-Up, Phinn, Kachi and Vinh Hao. The group reported revenue of $2 billion for FY16.

The Company aims to be one of Vietnam's biggest Companies where every household in Vietnam will hold Masan products. Its vision is to be a Company with a market capitalization equal to 10% of GDP, or approximately US$20 billion, by the year 2020.

Masan Nutri-Science is a subsidiary of Masan Group. In April 2015, Masan Group acquired 52% stake in Vietnam French Cattle Feed JSC and 70% stake in Agro Nutrition Company JSC as a result of its acquisition of Sam Kim Limited Liability Company. Masan Group named this acquisition as Masan Nutri-Science. Both acquired Companies were leading players in the external pig feed and animal feed sector in Vietnam. Masan Nutri-Science sold over 2.5 million tons of animal feed in 2016, generating approximately US$1.1 billion in sales. It has a wide national network of over 4,500 dealers and 13 feed facilities,

Masan Group's vision was to make Masan Nutri-Science into one of the biggest animal feed player with 50% market share by 2020. KKR and its team of professionals, with extensive experience in agriculture, will assist Masan Nutri-Science into becoming the first integrated consumer meat platform in Vietnam and thereby becoming a key part of Vietnam's US$18 billion meat sector.

Stock Performance

At the closing bell, on Friday, April 21, 2017, KKR & Co.'s stock slipped 1.05%, ending the trading session at $17.04. A total volume of 1.36 million shares were traded at the end of the day. In the last six months and previous twelve months, shares of the Company have surged 25.28% and 19.70%, respectively. Moreover, the stock rallied 11.70% since the start of the year. The stock is trading at a PE ratio of 31.04 and has a dividend yield of 3.76%. The stock has a market capital of $13.46 billion.

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