Thursday 30th September 2010 1 Comment |
Text too small? |
Goodman Fielder, the dual-listed food ingredients manufacturer, is looking to raise as much as $250 million in a new NZX-listed bond to repay bank debt.
The company said it’s considering making an offer of up to $175 million of senior unsecured fixed rate bonds, with the ability to accept $75 million in oversubscriptions, and will decide on what interest rate it will pay before the offer is launched. Its facility with its lenders of A$700 million expires in November, and it’s already raised A$350 million from private investors in America.
The bond is expected to open late next month, and the offer will only be made in New Zealand.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia was appointed as arranger and joint lead manager, with ANZ, BNZ and Craigs Investment Partners also joint lead managers.
Goodman’s shares were unchanged at $1.81 on the NZX and A$1.34 on the ASX.
Businesswire.co.nz
Goodman Fielder returns to full-year profit; baking, NZ dairy units improve
Goodman Fielder 2013 earnings will fall on higher marketing spend, lower poultry sales
Goodman Fielder 1H profit more than doubles on asset sales; revenue falls
Goodman Fielder to sell Integro unit for A$170M to GrainCorp consortium
Goodman Fielder scotches media reports of approach from Wilmar
Goodman Fielder, selling assets and taking charges, narrows annual loss
Goodman Fielder's earnings to be at lower end of guidance
Wilmar targets 10% stake in Goodman Fielder, keen on buying non-core assets
Goodman Fielder 1H profit slumps 77%
Goodman Fielder refinances A$500 mln bank facilities