The shipowner sold 6.19m convertible preferred shares to Market Vantage of Hong Kong for KRW 60bn, following a deal three months earlier to sell 6.81m shares for KRW 57bn.

HMM had said in June it would sell KRW 114bn-worth of shares to the group.

The preferred stock can be converted after a year.

The company has been selling off assets and investments to meet debt payments.

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