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Daily Brief South Korea: LG Energy Solution and more

In today’s briefing:

  • LG Chem: To Issue Exchangeable Bond Worth US$1 Billion


LG Chem: To Issue Exchangeable Bond Worth US$1 Billion

By Douglas Kim

  • On 15 May, LG Chem announced that it plans to issue foreign currency exchangeable bond worth US$1 billion using shares of its subsidiary LG Energy Solution as the underlying asset.
  • The purpose of this EB issue is to repay the amount of EB issued two years ago. 
  • The exchange price premium was lowered from 130% in 2023 to 110-115% this time, and the maturity has been shortened from 7 years to 3 years.

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