Jardine C&C purchases 5.53% stake in Vinamilk
US$616.6m buy-in for leading Vietnamese dairy producer comes around a year and a half after government scraps foreign ownership limit on the company
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MAINBOARD-LISTED Jardine Cycle & Carriage (Jardine C&C) is taking a 5.53 per cent stake in a leading Vietnamese dairy producer, after an auction last Friday by the State Capital Investment Commission of Vietnam (SCIC).
The US$616.6 million buy-in for Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) comes around a year and a half after the decision to scrap a foreign ownership limit on Vietnam's largest listed company by market capitalisation.
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