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PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 Structuring Private Equity Investments HKBAV & BBGV 6 June 2018

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV AGENDA ▪ BACKGROUND ▪ SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS ▪ INVESTMENT / ACQUISITION STRUCTURES ▪ OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 3

BACKGROUND

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV BACKGROUND ▪ Investment climate • Role of the foreign lawyer is to work together with the “real” lawyers and try to make sense of it all ▪ Twin track • Normal transaction procedures • Regulatory and licensing procedures ▪ Improvement of investment environment • New laws and implementing provisions • Streamlined procedures 5

SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS FOR BUYERS AND SELLERS ▪ Alignment – speaking the same language • Do both parties understand each other? • Valuation methodology • Exit considerations • Ongoing management / post-merger integration ▪ Can it be done – regulatory considerations? • Some conditions apply to foreign investors ▪ But let’s assume … that the hard work has been done and you need to structure a deal … what is the best approach? 7

INVESTMENT / ACQUISITION STRUCTURES

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV KEEPING IT SIMPLE ▪ Traditional approach Foreign Investor • Investor buys capital contribution from seller • Subscribe for capital contribution in target Offshore company • Convertible loan Vietnam ▪ Exit Target Company • Exit by selling onshore capital contribution ▪ Issues • While this approach may appear simple, parties often decide to interpose an entity: sometimes onshore, sometimes offshore sometimes both 9

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV INTERPOSING OFFSHORE ▪ Preferred legal framework Foreign Investor • More flexible legal structure ▪ Exitability • Simpler process, but tax considerations (see below) Offshore Holdco Offshore ▪ Ring-fence liability Vietnam ▪ Issues Target Company • Restructuring local shareholders offshore • Naughty but nice 10

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV INTERPOSING ONSHORE HOLDCO ▪ Multiple onshore business activities Foreign Investor • Ring-fence liability ▪ Consolidated onshore financing • Debt financing Offshore Holdco • Equity financing Offshore ▪ Onshore Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Vietnam • Issuance of local management shares (if JSC) Onshore Holdco Target Company 11

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH CONDITIONAL SECTORS? ▪ Certain conditional sectors place restrictions on foreign ownership ▪ Investment Law 2014 seems to allow certain work around structures as the following is deemed to be domestic investor 12

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV 51% Shareholding 76% Shareholding 100% Shareholding Foreign Investor Foreign Investor Foreign Investor 100% Local Owner Local Owner Onshore Holdco 1 < 51% < 51% 100% Onshore Holdco Onshore Holdco 1 < 51% Onshore Holdco 2 100% 100% Target Company Onshore Holdco 2 Onshore Holdco 3 100% 100% Target Company Target Company 13

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV CASE STUDY Target company: Foreign Investor ▪ Retail services ▪ Pawnshop Local Owner ▪ Health and wellness services < 51% Onshore Holdco 100% Target Company 14

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

PRIVATE EQUITY SURVEY 2018 HKBAV & BBGV TAX CONSIDERATIONS ▪ Capital gain tax on offshore transactions with underlying assets / businesses in Vietnam • Sales of major retail supermarkets • A hotel chain in Vietnam with offshore holding company ▪ Old structure: offshore holding company placed in a country with favourable Double Taxation Agreement with Vietnam in respect of capital assignment • Singapore • Netherlands • Malaysia 16

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