CEB’s planned P25.73 billion primary and secondary share offering gets nod
Posted on March 20, 2010
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the planned initial public offerings of Cebu Air Inc. (CEB) to allow the airline unit of JG Summit Holdings (operating under the brand Cebu Pacific Air) to raise up to P25.73 billion from the overseas and domestic markets.
Documents filed with the SEC show, Cebu Air is planning an IPO consisting of 125.25 million new shares while current shareholder CPAir Holdings is selling 110.31 million shares plus 35.33 million shares under an over-allotment option.
The firm has given an indicative price of P95 per share although JG Summit corporate planning director Bach Johann Sebastian said “that’s only an indicative price that we placed in our filing.”
He noted that “it is required by the SEC that we indicate any price. But in offerings like this, we’ll determine the price from a formal book building exercise which can only start after our filing is approved by both the SEC and the PSE (Philippine Stock Exchange).”
The firm is planning to list its shares by May 4, 2010 and is expected to launch the share sale sometime next month.
Cebu Air said 164.89 million shares will be sold overseas outside of the United States, 47.11 million shares are being sold through brokers of the PSE while 25.56 million shares have been allocated for local small investors.
The airline has tapped Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch and J.P. Morgan (S.E.A) Limited to be the international lead underwriters for the issue while ATR KimEng Capital Partners is the domestic lead under writer.
Net proceeds from the primary portion of the IPO, estimated at P10.11 billion will be used for pre-delivery or down payments for new aircraft, working capital and general corporate purposes including fuel and flying operations-related expenses, maintenance, passenger services, staff expenses and other related items.
Cebu Air intends to increase its fleet size to 47 planes by 2014 from the current 29 and has firm orders for 15 Airbus A320 aircraft, options for five Airbus A320, operating lease for two Airbus A320, and plan to acquire two more Airbus A320 through lease or purchase.
The firm said the additional planes will support its plans to increase frequency on current routes and to add new city pairs and destinations.
Over the next two years, the airline plans to add new international destinations such as Brunei, Beijing, Denpasar, Fukuoka, and Nagoya, and new domestic destinations such as Pagadian and Marinduque. (www.mb.com.ph)
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