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AsiaÆs first high-yield bond since August prices

Hang Fung Gold sells $170 million worth of bonds, garnering $270 million in demand.


Hang Fung Gold, the Hong Kong jewellery manufacturer and retailer, late last night priced the first high-yield public deal in Asia since Mobile 8's $100 million offering in August by Lehman Brothers (excluding an $88 million Davomas tap by the bank in early September), as Kexim also succeeded in pricing the second investment-grade deal in the wake of the subprime crisis. Secondary market performance will be closely watched to gauge the outlook for other high-yield deals in the pipeline.

Readers will find the terms below. Commentary will follow tomorrow.


Issuer
 Hang Fung Gold

Rating of the bond

 Ba3 stable by Moody's, BB stable by S&P/A

Format

 Senior unsecured Reg-S only

Size

  $170 million

Tenor

 Seven non-call four

Re-offer

  100

Coupon

  9.25%

 

Settlement date

  October 17, 2007

Maturity date

  October 17, 2014

Investor-type split


Asset Managers:

35%


Banks: 32%

Insurance/Person Funds:

12%

 

Geographic split


Europe: 31%


Asia: 69%

  

 

Final book

  $270 million

 


Bookrunners

  HSBC

 

 

 

 
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