U.S. Bain Capital to acquire stake in CJ CheilJedang's unit for $320 mln
23/05/2019 01:20
SEOUL, May 23 (Reuters) - South Korean food giant CJ
CheilJedang Corp 097950.KS said on Thursday that U.S. private
equity fund Bain Capital had agreed to acquire a 27% stake its
U.S. unit CJ Foods America for $320 million.
Bain would become a financial investor for CJ's recent
acquisition of U.S. frozen foods firm Schwan's Co for $1.84
billion, CJ said in a regulatory filing. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1XQ2CI
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