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Dairy Farm Completes Inv in Yonghui Superstores

7th Apr 2015 10:11

RNS Number : 4730J
Dairy Farm International Hldgs Ltd
07 April 2015
 



To: Business Editor For immediate release

DAIRY FARM COMPLETES INVESTMENT IN YONGHUI SUPERSTORES

 

7th April 2015 - Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited is pleased to confirm the completion today of its investment to acquire a 19.99% interest in Yonghui Superstores Co., Ltd by the subscription of 813,100,468 new shares in Yonghui Superstores at a price of RMB7 per share, for a total consideration of RMB5.69 billion (approximately US$909 million).

 

Dairy Farm announced on 11th August 2014 that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Dairy Farm Company, Limited, had entered into a conditional agreement to acquire a 19.99% interest in Shanghai-listed Yonghui Superstores Co., Ltd by way of a subscription of new shares. On 13th March 2015, Dairy Farm advised that this investment had received final regulatory approval.

 

Dairy Farm is a leading pan-Asian retailer. The Group, together with its associates and joint ventures, operates over 6,100 outlets - including supermarkets, hypermarkets, convenience stores, health and beauty stores, home furnishings stores and restaurants - employing over 100,000 people, and had total annual sales in 2014 exceeding US$13 billion. Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited is incorporated in Bermuda and has a standard listing on the London Stock Exchange as its primary listing, with secondary listings in Bermuda and Singapore. It is a member of the Jardine Matheson Group.

 

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For further information, please contact:

 

Dairy Farm Management Services Limited

Lancy Ng (852) 2299 3011

 

Brunswick Group Limited

Siobhan Xiaohui Zheng (852) 3512 5044

 

This and other Group announcements can be accessed through the Internet at 'www.dairyfarmgroup.com'.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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