Ascott Residence Trust issues $200 mil sustainability-linked bond
According to ART, the issuance of the sustainability-linked bond has actually netted the trust a green premium, or “greemium”, which describes the lower expense of funding from providing debt that has a positive natural influence as compared to traditional bonds. ART has even dedicated to a sustainability efficiency intended of greening 50% of its overall profile by 2025. To attain this, the real estates need to achieve a regionally, nationally or internationally recognised green building benchmark or certification by an acknowledged third-party.
In an April 20 announcement, ART claims the offer was oversubscribed by 2.2 times on the back of solid need, leading to the bond concern being upsized from $150 million to $200 million. The final orderbook closed at $335 million with orders from throughout 47 accounts. In regards to capitalist appropriation, 79% of the bond issuance went to institutional capitalists, while exclusive banking capitalists represented 21%.
Ascott Residence Trust (ART) has recently provided a $200 million sustainability-linked bond, making it the initial Singapore-listed property trust as well as the initial hospitality trust globally to provide such a bond.
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Last year, ART secured the very first hospitality trust green finance in Singapore, which was used to finance its first advancement project – lyf one-north, a co-living building licensed with Green Mark GoldPLUS by the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore.
Earnings from the bond issuance will definitely be used to re-finance ART’s existing loanings. DBS Bank is the sole lasting finance advisor, lead supervisor and bookrunner for the deal.
The bond was released under ART’s $2 billion Multicurrency Debt Issuance Programme under its newly-established Sustainability-Linked Finance Framework. The five-year bond is going to develop in April 2027 and also carry a repaired coupon rate of 3.63% per year, paid semi-annually behind.
” Sustainability is foundation to everything we do at ART. Aligning our funding needs with our sustainability initiatives to build a greener profile demonstrates ART’s emphasize responsible development,” states Beh Siew Kim, Chief Executive Officer of ART. “As of 31 Dec 2021, 33% of ART’s portfolio is green-certified as well as we target to eco-friendly the remainder of our profile by 2030.”
