Ascendas Hospitality issues $70m notes due 2022
It will be in aggregate principal amount of 3.325%.
Ascendas Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust (A-HREIT) unveiled its plan to issue $70 million in notes due in 2020.
The notes will be called Series 002 and will be issued by A-HREIT wholly-owned subsidiary Ascendas Hospitality MTN.
The Series 002 Notes comprise of $69.7 million 3.325% Notes due 2022 to be issued by the Ascendas-Hospitality Business Trust (A-HBT) and S$280,000 3.325% to be issued by the A-HREIT.
"The Series 002 Notes will bear interest at 3.325 per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually in arrear, and have a tenor of six years. The Series 002 Notes are expected to be issued on 23 September 2016," the group said
According to A-HREIT, DBS has been appointed as sole manager and bookrunner of the Series 002 Notes.
The proceeds arising from the issue of the Series 002 A-HBT Notes will be used to refinance existing borrowings of A-HBT and its subsidiaries.
Meanwhile, proceeds from the issue of the Series 002 A-HREIT Notes will be used to finance general working capital and capital expenditure requirements of A-HREIT and its subsidiaries.