Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. said that it has successfully completed the acquisition of the industrial film business of SKC, an affiliate of Korea s SK Group, earlier this month. The 1.6 trillion won ($1.2 billion) buyout deal is the country s largest M&A transaction closed this year. Hahn & Co. and the SK Group signed a stock purchase agreement in June this year, laying out that the Seoul-based private equity firm would acquire a 100-percent stake in SKC s polyester (PET) film business at the price of 1.6 trillion won. SKC s industrial film unit is the largest in Korea and the fourth-largest globally, with an annual revenue posting 1.2 trillion won and an operating profit of 68.9 billion won in 2021. Since SKC s establishment of the industrial film business unit in 1977, it has been the company s core business.
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