rights issue

SENSE & CENTS

Investors should not avoid Reits over fears of dilutive equity raisings

Trust managers can drive growth with astute property purchases

Artist's impression of First Sponsor's Star of East River project in Dongguan, China. The group in August proposed a rights issue.

First Sponsor raises S$244 million from oversubscribed rights issue

It intends to use net proceeds to fund expansion plans, strengthen financial position and capital base

An artist's impression of First Sponsor's Star of East River project in China. Net proceeds from the rights issue will be used to fund the company's expansion plans.

First Sponsor seeks to raise S$283.8 million in convertible perps issue

They will be issued at S$1.08 each on the basis of one Series 3 convertible security for every five existing shares

Melvin Ang is founder and executive chairman of entertainment and content production company mm2 Asia.

mm2 Asia chairman subscribes for S$6.1 million worth of rights shares

MM2 Asia’s chairman has paid S$6.1 million to participate in the media and entertainment company’s one-for-two rights issue at S$0.02 per rights share which shareholders approved at an extraordinary g...

SGX RegCo reached a resolution with Stamford Land that will see the company's controlling shareholders make a S$2 million donation to the SGX Investor Education Fund
HOCK LOCK SIEW

SGX RegCo’s resolution with Stamford Land spotlights rules on allotment of rights shares

SHOULD a public-listed company ever be allowed to allot excess rights shares to its directors or controlling shareholders without first satisfying all applications from minority shareholders?

Stamford Land's Grade A commercial office at 8 Finsbury Circus in London.

Stamford Land shareholders donate S$2 million to SGX education fund in resolution over allocation of rights

STAMFORD Land’s controlling shareholders will donate S$2 million to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) Investor Education Fund, as part of a resolution between both parties over an issue regarding the forme...

Great Western House, Birkenhead, UK, one of the properties in Elite Commercial Reit's portfolio. At £0.27 per unit, the issue price represents a discount of 10 per cent to the volume weighted average price of £0.30 on Monday.

Elite Commercial Reit launches fully underwritten preferential offering at £0.27 apiece

Elite Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) launched a fully underwritten non-renounceable preferential offering at £0.27 per unit to raise about £28 million (S$47.2 million).

Seatrium says it will continue to make periodic announcements on the use of the net proceeds as and when they are materially disbursed.

Seatrium left with S$300 million net proceeds from S$1.5 billion rights issue in 2021

SEATRIUM on Friday (Sep 8) said it has a balance of S$300 million in net proceeds from its rights issue back in 2021, after the latest use of S$100 million for the repayment of a loan facility. 

Amid high interest rates, listed trusts should try to sell assets to raise proceeds to fund acquisitions, instead of tapping equity funding.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Reits, business trusts should avoid raising new equity to fund acquisitions

Public-listed entities face onerous disclosure and compliance requirements. But a listed entity can fairly easily issue securities to raise funds.

The Sats rights issue was oversubscribed at 173 per cent, with a total of 628.1 million applications, including valid and excess applications, for 363.1 million new shares to be issued.

Shareholders making up over 90% of Sats shares made valid applications for rights

SHAREHOLDERS making up 90.4 per cent of Sats shares have made valid applications for new shares it will be issuing, announced the inflight caterer and ground handler in a bourse filing on Thursday (Ma...