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OUE Hospitality Trust IPO 19.1 Times Subscribed

OUE Hospitality Trust IPO 19.1 Times Subscribed
by Admin on Jul 24, 2013 • 8:21 pm

by Ernie B. Calucag

singapore

The initial public offering (IPO) of OUE Hospitality Trust, which comprises OUE Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust and OUE Hospitality Business Trust, is 19.1 times subscribed, the trust said Wednesday.

The public offering of around 434.6 million stapled securities, which closed Tuesday noon, received 40,935 applications representing approximately 974.7 million units.

Meanwhile, the placement tranche of 383.5 million stapled securities to institutional investors and 51.1 million stapled securities to the public in Singapore were both fully subscribed.

Together, the OUE Hospitality Trust raised gross proceeds of S$600.0 million, with potential to go up to S$660.0 million if the over-allotment option of 68.2 million stapled securities is exercised in full.

The trust also secured an additional S$218.0 million worth of commitments from cornerstone investors such as Credit Suisse AG, Goldhill, Mr Gordon Tang, Lucille Holdings Pte Ltd and Splendid Asia Macro Fund who have subscribed for an aggregate of 247.2 million stapled securities.

Priced at S$0.88 per stapled security, the holders can expect to receive annualised 2013 distribution yield of 7.36 per cent and projected 7.46 per cent in 2014.

“The strong demand from the market highlights that investors recognise the sound asset fundamentals that underpin the portfolio of OUE H-Trust, as well as the strong backing of our sponsor Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE),” said Chong Kee Hiong, CEO of the REIT Manager.

OUE said it will initially inject two assets in the trust- the Mandarin Orchard hotel and the Mandarin Gallery mall along Orchard Road.

Also, a business hotel next to Changi Airport and two hospitality assets in China may be offered to OUE Hospitality Trust, according to the IPO prospectus. The properties, which have a total valuation of S$413.0 million as at 31 December 2013, could potentially double the number of hotel rooms owned by the trust, according to the document.

Led by Indonesian tycoon Stephen Riady, OUE revived plans for the REIT listing soon after it lost the battle to buy Fraser and Neave to Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi.

OUE also owns hotel properties outside Singapore, including Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa Langkawi in Malaysia and Meritus Mandarin Haikou and Meritus Shantou in China.

The share sale was managed by Credit Suisse Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Standard Chartered Plc.

OUE Hospitality Trust will start trade at 2.00 p.m. on Thursday, July 25.

SPH REIT Debuts Strong

SPH REIT gained on its first day of trading as investors were attracted by returns higher than those of comparable properties.

The shares jumped 9.4 per cent to 98.5 S-cents at the close of trading Tuesday. The stock was offered at 90 S-cents apiece, the top end of its price range.

SPH REIT units were offered with a yield of 5.79 per cent based on fiscal 2014 projections. That is higher than the measure tracking REITs in Singapore, which trades with a yield of 4.76 per cent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The media group Singapore Press Holdings sold 615.8 million REIT units, raising S$554.0 million.

The SPH REIT’s assets will include the luxury Paragon mall in the prime shopping district of Orchard Road and the suburban Clementi Mall.

REITs and business trusts were the biggest fundraisers in Singapore’s initial public offering market in the past year, accounting for US$4.16 billion of the US$6.2 billion of stock priced, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The biggest share sale was the S$1.6 billion raised by Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust, a REIT that owns assets including the Festival Walk shopping mall in Hong Kong and an office complex in Beijing.

The citystate lists 23 REITs and is the largest REIT market in Asia ex-Japan. Singapore-listed REITs have a combined market capitalisation of S$52.0 billion. Together the 23 REITs provide a diverse mix of local and international property assets that house industrial, commercial, retail, residential and specialised tenants.


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