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Published on 11/4/2014 in the Prospect News Convertibles Daily.

New Issue: Haitong issues HK$1.16 billion five-year convertibles with 1.25% coupon, up 30.15%

By Marisa Wong

Madison, Wis., Nov. 4 – Haitong International Securities Group Ltd. completed its issue of HK$1.16 billion of 1.25% convertible bonds due 2019 on Tuesday, according to a company announcement.

The company priced an initial HK$776 million of the 1.25% convertible bonds and an additional HK$388 million of the bonds under an over-allotment option.

The initial conversion price is HK$6.00 per share, which is a 30.15% premium over the Oct. 23 closing share price of HK$4.61 and a 33.63% premium over HK$4.49, the average closing share price for the five consecutive trading days ended Oct. 23.

The bonds will be redeemed at maturity at 105.11.

The bonds are non-callable for three years and then are provisionally callable if the company’s shares are at least 130% of the conversion price. The bonds also have a clean-up call provision. In addition, the bonds are putable three years after the issue date at 103.04.

Proceeds from the Regulation S deal will be used to fund the expansion of business operations and for general corporate purposes.

The financial services company is based in Hong Kong.

Issuer:Haitong International Securities Group Ltd.
Issue:Convertible bonds
Amount:HK$1,164,000,000
Maturity:Nov. 4, 2019
Coupon:1.25%
Redemption price:105.11
Conversion premium:30.15%
Conversion price:HK$6.00
Call:Non-callable until Nov. 4, 2017, then provisionally callable at 130% hurdle; clean-up call
Put:At 103.04 on Nov. 4, 2017
Takeover protection:Yes
Pricing date:Oct. 24
Settlement date:Nov. 4
Distribution:Regulation S
Stock symbol:HK: 665
Stock price:HK$4.61, as of close Oct. 23
Market capitalization:HK$9.91 billion

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