21Vianet (VNET) – Chinese news via Sina Finance raises serious concerns
At around 5AM this morning, there was a piece published in the Chinese news via Sina Finance that raises serious concerns about 21Vianet’s (NASDAQ:VNET) ability to bring in new capital. The report states that a$175M debt financing deal overseas has now been temporarily suspended due to the recent fraud allegations made by Trinity Research.
We believe this to be serious news, as 21Vianet doesn’t have significant internal cash flow and relies instead on these types of financings to bring in new cash. As this news has only been reported in Chinese media, we wanted to shed light on this for U.S. investors.
The Chinese version of this article is located here . The original text is below:
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