reduced slightly from an initial NT$10.18
target.
Taiwan Cooperative Bank was the original
mandated lead arranger and bookrunner
of the transaction, while six other banks
joined with the same title.
The deal offered a 92bp guarantee fee
and a top-level upfront fee of 65bp.
The facility will back the issuance of a
NT$10bn corporate bond. Signing was on
Tuesday.
The Taiwan-listed borrower makes
integrated circuits and related components.
For full allocations, see http://www.ifrasia.com.
THAILAND
DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS
› GOOD TAKE-UP FOR PTTGC TENDER
PTT GLOBAL CHEMICAL has agreed to buy
back US$495.894m of its US$1bn 4.25%
senior unsecured notes due September 19
2022 under a tender offer, under which
participating bondholders will subscribe to
“like-kind” notes.
Tendering bondholders will receive a
premium of US$2 per US$1,000 in principal
amount. That was originally an incentive
for bondholders who tendered by the early-
bird deadline, but midway through the
offer the issuer extended the incentive to
all tendering bondholders.
Bondholders who tender their notes
will be required to subscribe to new notes
issued by GC Treasury Center, a wholly
owned subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical,
with terms identical to the existing
bonds.
The “like-kind” swap will allow
the parent company to benefit from
a withholding tax exemption on
distributions for bonds issued by a
treasury centre.
Citigroup , Bank of America Merrill Lynch and
Standard Chartered were dealer managers for
the offer.
PTT Global Chemical is a petrochemical
producer and an affiliate of national oil
company PTT, which owns a 48.9% stake.
The new notes are expected to be rated
Baa2/BBB (Moody’s/S&P).› EGAT GETS BT10BN CHARGEELECTRICITY GENERATING AUTHORITY OF THAILAND last
Friday printed Bt10bn (US$456m) of 15 and
20-year bonds.
A Bt3bn 15-year tranche was priced at
par to yield 3.57% and a Bt7bn 20-year
tranche was at 3.78%. Both are rated AAA
by Tris.
The state-owned utility firm is the
largest producer of electricity in Thailand
and is the main offtaker of power from
independent producers. It is also the sole
owner and operator of Thailand’s power
transmission network.
Kaiskornbank and Thanachart Bank were
joint lead managers and underwriters for
the deal, which settled on June 29.› GHB SELLS DUAL-TRANCHERGOVERNMENT HOUSING BANK has raised Bt4bn
from the sale of five and 12-year bonds.
The Bt3.29bn five-year tranche priced at
par to yield 2.36% and the Bt710m 12-year
tranche at 3.3%, with spreads of 17bp and
29bp, respectively.
Settlement was made last Thursday.
Thanachart Bank was the sole lead
manager.VIETNAM
SYNDICATED LOANS
› VINGROUP EXTENDS DEADLINEThe deadline for VINGROUP ’s US$400m five-
year loan has been extended to early July
from June 25.
The transaction has attracted a handful
of lenders so far, with a few others
expected to join in the coming days.
Bank of China Singapore branch , Credit Suisse ,
HSBC , Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ,
Maybank and Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank
are the mandated lead arrangers and joint
underwriters. Credit Suisse was initially
mandated on the financing and brought
in the other banks to expand the arranger
group.
The financing pays a top-level all-in
pricing of 370.38bp based on an interest
margin of 350bp over Libor and has an
average life of 3.925 years.
The borrower is VINFAST TRADING AND
PRODUCTION , a Vingroup subsidiary. Vingroup
and several of its subsidiaries act as
guarantors.
Shares of Vincom Retail and Vinhomes,
the holding company for the group’s
residential businesses, form part of the
security package.
Funds are for capital expenditure,
working capital and general corporate
purposes.
Vingroup last tapped the market with a
US$300m five-year loan in September 2016.
Credit Suisse, ICBC, Maybank and Taipei
Fubon were the MLABs on that deal, which
offered a top-level all-in pricing of 545.45bp
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