Thursday, July 18, 2013

OUE's hospitality trust IPO priced at bottom of range

OUE's hospitality trust IPO priced at bottom of range

    By Wong Siew Ying
    POSTED: 18 Jul 2013 5:47 PM
 
Hotel and property group Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) will raise about S$600 million in an initial public offering (IPO) of its hospitality trust.

SINGAPORE: Hotel and property group Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) will raise about S$600 million in an initial public offering (IPO) of its hospitality trust.

OUE Hospitality Trust plans to sell its units at 88 Singapore cents each which is at the bottom of its indicative range.

This comes a day after Singapore Press Holdings priced an IPO of its retail-centric REIT.

OUE said the offer price translates to a projected yield of 7.46 per cent for 2014.

OUE Hospitality Trust's initial asset portfolio will comprise retail mall Mandarin Gallery and hotel Mandarin Orchard Singapore.

The developer is selling about 434.6 million units to institutional and retail investors.

Another 247.2 million units are set aside for five cornerstone investors.

The IPO will be launched at 6pm on July 18.

OUE said the public offer closes on July 23 and trading is expected to start on July 25.

- CNA/fa

- wong chee tat :)

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