Lotte Shopping Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. announced a private placement of about 8,500,000 common shares at KRW 800 per share for proceeds of about KRW 6,800,000,000, about 22,400,000 common shares at KRW 1,151.785714 per share for proceeds of about KRW 25,800,000,000, and about 7,000,000 common shares at KRW 1,157.142857 per share for proceeds of about KRW 8,100,000,000 for gross proceeds of KRW 40,700,000,000 on January 23, 2017. The transaction will include participation from returning investor Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd. (KOSE:A023530). The company expects to issue 8,500,000 common shares in March 2017 and 29,400,000 common shares in May 2017. The transaction has been approved by the board of directors of the investor.