The emblem of Guangzhou-based property developer R&F Properties is pictured at a strategic cooperation signing ceremony in Beijing, China July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee
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HONG KONG, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Chinese language developer Guangzhou R&F Properties stated it didn’t have adequate funds to purchase again a $725 million bond as gross sales of its property had not come via as deliberate.
It stated in a submitting late on Wednesday that the funds obtainable to settle its tender supply for the offshore bond was materially lower than the $300 million it beforehand anticipated, resulting from continued volatility within the property sector.
R&F sought consent from bondholders of the 5.75% notes final month to increase maturity of the bond due Jan. 13 by six months, as a part of efforts to “enhance its general monetary situation”.
The developer additionally proposed two choices beneath a young supply: shopping for again the notes at a 17% low cost, or $830 for each $1,000 in principal; or shopping for again at most half of bondholders’ notes in full, each with accrued curiosity.
China’s actual property builders have been struggling to beat tight liquidity situations prior to now few months as a result of authorities’s clampdown on extreme borrowing and hypothesis within the sector.
R&F stated within the submitting that 71.7% of the bondholders had tendered for the primary possibility, whereas 24.2% for the second – nevertheless it expects it has “materially much less” than $300 million to purchase again all of the bond.
“Proceeds from sure asset gross sales contemplated by the group might fail to materialise by the settlement date,” it stated, including the settlement date has been postponed by two days to round Jan. 12.
Within the doc final month, the agency stated it could settle for tenders of notes on a professional rata foundation, and any notes not accepted for buy could be returned to the bondholders. And holders who’ve tendered could be deemed to have authorized the maturity extension.
“Regardless of the delays within the progress of sure anticipated asset gross sales, the group is continuous to take energetic measures to shore up its liquidity place as much as the settlement date,” R&F added within the Wednesday submitting.
The developer’s whole borrowings on the finish of June have been 143.4 billion yuan ($22.50 billion), based on its half yr monetary report.
The bond in query dropped to 61.5 cent on the greenback in Asia afternoon hours on Thursday, from 66.5 in a single day, whereas a R&F yuan bond due April 2022 plunged 10%.
Shares of R&F listed in Hong Kong have been up 1% at 0600 GMT, versus a 0.4% drop within the broader market .
($1 = 6.3736 Chinese language yuan)
Reporting by Clare Jim; Enhancing by Jacqueline Wong
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