Private equity firm Macquarie Asset Management has sold around 7% of its shares in LG CNS Co., the IT services branch of South Korea’s LG Group, through a block sale valued at $310 million with a 9% discount.
Macquarie has started the sale process for Approtium, South Korea’s largest commercial hydrogen producer, in a deal expected to exceed 1 trillion won ($770 million).
Macquarie Asset Management is set to sell the four-star Four Points by Sheraton Josun Seoul Station hotel for about 170 billion won ($118.7 million) to South Korea’s KB Asset Management, according to investment banking sources.
The firm has begun selling its 100% stake in DIG Airgas Co., South Korea’s third-largest industrial gas producer. This transaction is projected to be the country’s largest buyout deal.
Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) has signed an agreement to purchase a 40-megawatt data center from IGIS Asset Management Co. in Seoul for 734 billion won ($538 million).
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Macquarie continues to divest major assets across South Korea, reflecting strategic portfolio adjustments in infrastructure and energy sectors.