Studio City to offer senior secured notes
The net proceeds from the offering will be used to partially fund capital expenditures for the remaining Studio City project and for general purposes.
Macau.- Studio City International Holdings has announced it will conduct an international offering of senior secured notes. According to the company, the notes will be senior obligations. The interest rate and other terms of the notes will be determined at the time of pricing the offering.
The company expects to use net proceeds to fund the capital cost of Studio City’s Phase II development.
Studio City also announced it has entered into subscription agreements for a US$300m private offering priced at a price of US$0.75 per share. It said existing shareholders collectively holding more than 99 per cent of the outstanding shares have subscribed for the offering.
Melco Resorts Entertainment has committed to buy more than 220 million shares for US$165.1m. The share purchase will be completed through MCO Cotai Investments Ltd., a subsidiary of Melco Resorts which holds approximately 54.7 per cent of the Class A shares of Studio City International’s issued shares.
MCO Cotai Investments is expected to hold approximately 54.9 per cent of Studio City’s promoters upon completion of the private placement.
As part of the private placement, New Cotai LLC will purchase approximately 93.8 million shares of Studio City International for an aggregate price of US$70.4m; Silver Point Capital LP has agreed to acquire just over 55.7 million shares of Studio City International for US$48.8m.
Upon completion of the transaction, New Cotai’s stake in Studio City will increase from 23.3 per cent to 23.4 per cent while Silver Point’s stake will remain at 13.9 per cent.
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