Progress towards sale of interest in Chinese Airport Group
June 07 2010 - 4:26AM
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Pacific Alliance China Land Limited
7 June 2010
Pacific Alliance China Land Limited
("PACL" or "The Company")
Progress towards sale of interest in Chinese Airport Group
Pacific Alliance China Land Limited ("PACL" or "the Company") (AIM: PACL),
announces that on 31 May 2010, the shareholders of Hainan Meilan International
Airport Company Limited (0357 HK) approved the purchase of Kingward Investment
Limited ("Kingward") for total consideration of US$145 million. Kingward has a
24.5% interest in HNA Airport Holding (Group) Company Limited ("HNA Airport"),
and PACL has a minority shareholding in Kingward.
PACL expects the transaction to close by the end of 2010 once all remaining
conditions precedent are satisfied.
HNA Airport is the domestic airport affiliate of Hainan Airlines (600221 CH) and
Hainan Meilan International Airport Company Limited (0357 HK) that was
established in 2003 to capture the growth opportunities in domestic air traffic
in China. Its aeronautical business includes the provision of airfield
services, terminal facilities, ground handling services, and passenger and cargo
handling services. Its non-aeronautical businesses include leasing of
commercial and retail spaces, airport-related business franchising, advertising,
car parking, tourism services and sales of duty-free and consumer goods.
According to HNA Airport's 2009 financials, the company recorded a net profit of
RMB 191.7 million (US$28.1 million).
For more information, please contact:
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|MANAGER: |LEGAL COUNSEL: |
|Chris Gradel, Managing Partner |Jon Lewis, General Counsel |
|c/o Pacific Alliance Group |c/o Pacific Alliance Group |
|16/F, St. John's Building |16/F St. John's Building |
|33 Garden Road |33 Garden Road Central, |
|Central, Hong Kong |Hong Kong |
|Tel: (852) 2918 0088 |Tel: (852) 2918 0088 |
|Fax: (852) 2918 0881 |Fax: (852) 2918 0881 |
|cgradel@pacific-alliance.com |jlewis@pacific-alliance.com |
|<mailto:cgradel@pacific-alliance.com|<mailto:jlewis@pacific-alliance.com> |
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|BROKER: |NOMINATED ADVISER: |
|Hiroshi Funaki |Philip Secrett |
|LCF Edmond de Rothschild Securities |Grant Thornton Corporate Finance |
|Tel: (44) 20 7845 5960 |Tel: (44) 20 7383 5100 |
|Fax: (44) 20 7845 5961 |Philip.J.Secrett@gtuk.com |
|funds@lcfr.co.uk |<mailto:Philip.J.Secrett@gtuk.com> |
|<mailto:funds@lcfr.co.uk> | |
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|MEDIA RELATIONS: |MEDIA RELATIONS: |
|Sophie Hoggarth |Andrew Walton/David Cranmer |
|Pacific Alliance Group |Financial Dynamics, London |
|Tel: (86) 21 6113 5818 |Tel: (44) 20 7269 7217 |
|shoggarth@pacific-alliance.com | |
|<mailto:shoggarth@pacific-alliance.c|Alastair Hetherington/Christine Wood |
|om> |Financial Dynamics, Asia |
| |Tel: (852) 3716 9800 |
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About Pacific Alliance China Limited
Pacific Alliance China Land Limited ("PACL") (AIM: PACL) is a closed-end
investment company with net assets (unaudited) of US$201.3 million as at 30
April 2010. PACL was admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock
Exchange in November 2007. PACL is focused on investing in a portfolio of
existing properties, new developments, distressed projects and real estate
companies in Greater China.
For more information about PACL, please visit:www.pacl-fund.com
<http://www.pacl-fund.com/>
Pacific Alliance China Land Limited is a member of Pacific Alliance Group, the
Asian alternative investment fund management group, founded in 2002. Pacific
Alliance Group and its affiliates manage assets in excess of US$4 billion across
three strategies covering private equity; real estate; and absolute return and
distressed. The Group has offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
For more information about Pacific Alliance, please
visit:www.pacific-alliance.com <http://www.pacific-alliance.com/>
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