Infratil wants to raise as much as NZ$50 million NZ$75 million in a new listed infrastructure bond and will give bondholders whose debt matures this month the option of swapping their securities for the new one.
The Wellington-based infrastructure investor will pay annual interest of 8 percent on the unsecured, unsubordinated bonds that mature in November 2017, and wants to raise up to NZ$25 million with the ability to accept NZ$25 million in over-subscriptions, it said in a statement.
Infratil didn’t say what the funds will be used for, though last month it said it plans to increase spending at Wellington International Airport beyond the existing $20 million to $25 million annual spend.
Forsyth Barr, ANZ National Bank, First NZ Capital and Westpac Banking have been appointed managers of the offer.
Infratil’s shares rose 1.1 percent to $1.84 in trading on Friday, and have shed 5.2 percent this year.
The offer is the latest to come to the NZX debt market, after Contact Energy this month said it is mulling issuing bonds worth $150 million and Insurance Australia Group looking at a similar issue in New Zealand. Last month, trading in NZX debt securities sank 41 percent, or just 0.5 percent of its$15.5 billion market capitalisation.
(Corrected size of issue to NZ$50 million from NZ$75 million)
(BusinessDesk)
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