Mekong Capital fully exits Asia Chemicals at IRR of 15.1% Mekong Capital's investment team.
Vietnam-focused private equity firm Mekong Capital has announced that its Mekong Enterprise Fund II (MEF II) made a full exit from its investment in Asia Chemicals Corporation (ACC) for a total consideration of $8.9 million, generating a gross return multiple of 2.6x and a gross IRR of 15.1 percent. ACC is the last divestment of MEF II, according to a release. With this divestment, MEF II has successfully divested 100 percent of its final remaining investment, which resulted in the Fund achieving a net return multiple of 4.5x and net IRR of 22.5 percent for its investors. This has also marked one of the most successful funds in Asian Private Equity. Mekong Capital’s MEF II invested $3.8 million in ACC in 2011, which was its 10th and final investment. Established in 2001 as a privately-held company in the food industry, ACC has pivoted into a leading distributor of high-quality specialty ingredients, chemicals, non-oil related commodities and other materials, sourcing from worldwide suppliers and selling to a wide range of leading enterprises in Vietnam.
Launched in 2006, MEF II is the second private equity fund managed by Mekong Capital. MEF II’s notable investments included Mobile World (Vietnam’s largest nationwide retailer of mobile devices and consumer electronics), Golden Gate (the leading restaurant chain operator in Vietnam), Vietnam Australia International School (a leading private bilingual K-12 school in Vietnam), Mai Son (a leading fashion retailer) and ICP (personal care products). In this January, MEF II made a full exit from its investment in Mobile World Investment Joint Stock Company (MWG) at a multiple of 57x and IRR of 61.1 percent. The final block of 5 million shares was sold at a price of VND165,000 ($7.3) per share and completed on 29 January 2018. The cumulative net proceeds from the sale of MEF II’s MWG shares and dividends received was $199.4 million.
In June, the PE firm completed an investment in mattress and bedding solution provider Vua Nem Joint Stock Company through its $112.5-million Mekong Enterprise Fund III (MEF III). Recently, Chris Freund, Founder, and Partner at Mekong Capital told DEALSTREETASIA in an interaction that he expects MEF III to be fully deployed in the first half of 2019. The firm also plans to launch a slightly larger fourth vehicle next year. To date, Mekong Capital has completed 33 private equity investments in Vietnam, of which 24 have been fully exited.
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