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Gome sells bonds to raise funds
(China Daily/Agencies)
Updated: 2009-09-24 08:26 Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd, China's second-biggest electronics retailer by market value, sold 2.05 billion yuan ($300 million) of convertible bonds to help refinance debt and boost capital. The five-year, 3-percent notes were priced to yield 4.14 percent and can be converted into shares at HK$2.838, a 29-percent premium to Tuesday's closing price, according to a term sheet e-mailed by sale manager JPMorgan Chase & Co yesterday.
"This may give them spare cash on hand which they can use and take the chance to expand next year," Ashley Cheung, an analyst at BOCI Research Ltd in Hong Kong, said yesterday. "I think they don't even need it, so now they're financially in an even better position." The retailer had 779 stores as of June 30, 9 percent less than a year ago. The network has 1,212 outlets including those owned by the closely held Gome Group, controlled by the family of billionaire founder Huang Guangyu. Gome fell 3.6 percent, the most in a week, to close at HK$2.12 in Hong Kong trading. The company's market value has more than doubled since it ended a seven-month trading halt on June 23, compared with a 20 percent gain for the Hang Seng Index. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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