Elite Commercial hit the road on Monday, Singapore time, with joint issue managers OCBC and UBS, which are also the bookrunners and underwriters alongside CGS-CIMB Securities and CICC.
The trust is offering between 175.7m and 192.9m units at a fixed price of £0.68 each, putting proceeds of £119.5m to £130.7m in reach, according to the source. There is also a greenshoe of 6.6m units.
At the base offer size, the Reit will have a market capitalisation of £214m to £226m following the listing, said the source.
The team will market the IPO to international investors until January 28, while Singapore retail investors will have a chance to place orders from January 28 to February 4. The units are scheduled for listing on the SGX two days later. It will be the first sterling-denominated Reit IPO in Singapore, according to Dealogic.
A trio of cornerstone accounts have already subscribed for 77.8m units worth £52.9m, taking up between 40.3% and 44.3% of the float. Bank of Singapore, CIMB and UBS are buying the stock on behalf of private banking and wealth management clients.
While Elite Commercial is a Singapore-based trust, it principally invests in commercial and real estate-related assets in the UK. Its initial portfolio will comprise 97 commercial buildings located across the country, comprising a net internal area of 2.6m square feet and a total site area of approximately 47 hectares. Just one property is not freehold but is on a leasehold until 2255.
The portfolio was valued at £319.1m as of August 31, 2019.