Sunac wins creditors’ approval for its offshore debt restructuring plan

CREDITORS of Sunac China Holdings have approved its US$9 billion offshore debt restructuring plan, it said on Monday (Sep 18), marking the first approval of offshore debt restructuring by a major Chinese developer.

Sunac is among a string of Chinese property developers that have defaulted on their offshore debt payment obligations since the sector was hit by an unprecedented liquidity crisis in 2021, roiling global markets.

Creditors holding 98.3 per cent total value of the voting scheme have approved Sunac’s restructuring plan proposed earlier this year, according to a filing by the firm at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Sunac said that after the creditors’ approval, it would proceed to seek the approval of the plan by a Hong Kong court hearing scheduled for Oct 5.

The developer reached an agreement with a group of offshore creditors in March to restructure US$9 billion of its debt, under which a part of its debt would be exchanged into convertible bonds backed by its Hong Kong-listed shares along with new notes with maturities of between two and nine years.

The plan had won support from holders of 87 per cent of outstanding offshore debt by July, the company earlier said in a filing.

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