DoubleDragon will tap the overseas bond market through wholly owned subsidiary, DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd., which executed a subscription agreement with Credit Suisse Ltd. as sole global coordinator, joint lead manager and joint bookrunner, and PNB Capital and Investment Corp. as joint lead manager and joint bookrunner. The bonds are guaranteed by the parent company.
Proceeds from the offering are seen to significantly increase the company’s cash position alongside its planned P16.97-billion REIT offering. This initial public offering intends to raise as much as P16.97 billion that in turn can be used by the group to fund other local real estate projects within a year. Although it is not the curtain-raiser for REIT as a new asset class in the Philippines as Ayala Land-sponsored AREIT Inc. is coming to market first, the proposed offering is bigger than AREIT’s maximum IPO size of P15.1 billion.