After a two-week delay, Thai Aromatics was able to complete a $300 million seven-year bond deal yesterday July 14 via ABN AMRO and UBS.
The Baa3BBB rated issue was priced at 99.847% on a coupon of 5.5% to yield 5.527% or 150bp over Treasuries. Fees were undisclosed, which undoubtedly means they are very low and probably on a par with Thai Oil's recent $350 million issue, which paid about 13bp.
Thai Aromatics' deal was re-launched and closed within a 24-hour period, resulting in a $600 million order book. About 56 accounts participated, of which 34% came from Singapore, 35% from Europe, 16% from Hong Kong,...
