CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT) will receive a total of S$9.3 million from Capitaland Commercial Limited (CCL). The money for the year ended 31 December 2009 is the yield protection amount in relation to the property, One George Street. CCT had bought the asset from CCL and under the terms of the deal, CCL agreed to provide a yield protection to CCT if it falls below a certain amount. As the net property...
REITS
Ascendas REIT said its third quarter distribution per unit (DPU) grew 13.5 per cent. The trust said in a statement that unit-holders will receive 3.27 Singapore cents per unit for the three months ended December, compared with 2.88 cents a year earlier. This came on the back of higher gross revenue which rose 3 per cent to S$105.1 million. Net property income for the period also increased 10 per cent to...
Mainboard-listed Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) plans to acquire two shopping malls in Singapore for S$290.2 million. It will buy Northpoint 2 and YewTee Point from Yishun Development, a wholly-owned subsidiary of its parent, Fraser and Neave. FCT is proposing an equity fund raising of up to 152 million new units to partly finance the acquisitions, with the balance to be funded by borrowings. The...
First Real Estate Investment Trust or First REIT said that it has terminated the option agreement to buy a property at Tuas View Lane from Tech-Link Storage Engineering. The sale and leaseback deal was to be completed by end last year but the two parties were unable to agree on the purchase price and leaseback terms. The option fee will be refunded to HSBC Institutional Trust Services as trustee of the...
The manager of CapitaCommercial Trust said it has appointed a new head of Finance. The current Finance head, Edward Bin, is being transferred to CapitaLand Commercial to assume the role of vice president of Finance. He will be replaced at CCT by Annie Chua, who is currently the Reit's deputy head of finance. CCT said she is an experienced finance professional who's 20 years in finance and treasury...
Mainboard-listed Saizen REIT said on Monday that it has repaid some S$71.3 million loan of a unit, Yugen Kaisha Shingen. It made the repayment last Friday. Giving an update, the REIT said it has fully deployed the net proceeds of about S$41.1 million from the rights issue in making the repayment. It had also utilised its internal cash resources in paying back the money. Saizen REIT's rights issue was...
WHAT exactly does it mean when a Reit is taken over? In the case of other corporate entities, it's fairly clear that when a general offer is made after the 30 per cent trigger point is reached, control of the company and the subsequent economic decision-making will pass into the hands of the successful takeover party. With Reits though, the situation is not as clear - mainly because economic...
Logistics company CWT said that it is in advanced talks on the proposed sale and leaseback of its logistics facilities in 24 Penjuru Road and 2 Fishery Port Road. These facilities could eventually be included in the proposed listing of a real estate investment trust (REIT). However, CWT said it has not reached any definitive agreements yet and has not received any regulatory approvals for the proposed...
ARA Asset Management has entered a partnership agreement with Qatar-based Regency Group to jointly manage a Shariah-compliant real estate investment trust (REIT). The partners plan to list the REIT on the Singapore Exchange in the second half of 2010. ARA said the proposed REIT is expected to comprise mainly of hospitality properties, including hotels and serviced apartments in Qatar. These will be...
Mainboard-listed Suntec REIT says its private placement of 128.5 million units was more than five times oversubscribed. The trust had priced the new units at S$1.19 each, a discount of 6.5 percent to Thursday's volume-weighted average price of S$1.2724 per unit. Suntec REIT said the gross proceeds from the private placement amounted to S$152.9 million. Net proceeds after deducting the underwriting,...