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Sumeet Singh
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Keppel DC REIT Placement

Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) plans to raise up to US$151m (S$204m) via a mix of a private placement. The company will use the proceeds to fund the recent acquisition of its first China data centre and to pay down debt.

In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


We have covered the listing and previous placements for KDC in our earlier notes:

Sep 2019 placement for US$273m: Keppel DC REIT Placement - Just in Time for the Index Inclusion
May 2018 placement for US$228m: Keppel DC REIT Placement - Accretive Acquisition and Probably Expected Dilution
IPO: First of its kind exposure to rapidly growing data centers
Underlyings
Keppel Corporation Limited

Keppel is an investment holding company. Co. is engaged in provision of management services. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is principally engaged in offshore oil-rig construction; shipbuilding; ship repair and conversion; chartering tugs and other marine services; environmental engineering; power generation; provision of broadband services; provision of telecommunication network services; trading of communication accessories; shipping operation; warehousing and distribution; property development and investment; property fund management; and investments. Co. operates four business segments: Offshore and Marine, Infrastructure, Property and Investments.

Keppel Infrastructure Trust

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Provider
Aequitas Research
Aequitas Research

Aequitas Research is a leading ECM research firm with a focus on IPOs and placements/follow-on offerings across the Asia Pacific with deal size of over USD100m. 

Since 2015, we have covered 400+ IPOs and 450+ placements with a hit rate of 73% and 65%, respectively. We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic analysis.
 
Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis. We also provide a more quant driven analysis on placement/follow-on offerings.
 
Markets that we cover include:
Hong Kong,
China ADRs,
India,
Japan,
Australia, and
ASEAN.

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Sumeet Singh

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