News about Lendlease Global Commercial REIT —
Lendlease Reit preferential offering undersubscribed with 62.2% take-up
A recent preferential offering for Lendlease Global Commercial Reit, to raise S$196.6 million to pay for its PLQ Mall stake buy, was only 62.2 per cent subscribed in what is a rare undersubscription....read more on The Business Times
At the issue price of S$0.558 per unit, the joint underwriters – DBS, OCBC and UOB – will have to procure subscribers for S$74.3 million worth of stock or take up the 133.2 million unsubscribed units themselves.
The real estate investment trust (Reit) is using the proceeds from the offering to take control of its remaining 30 per cent stake in PLQ Mall, giving it full ownership and operational control of the asset. The remaining funds are earmarked to cover related transaction costs and pare down existing debt.