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(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Byline: Abigail L. Ho
HONG KONG-based conglomerate First Pacific Co. Ltd. issued last July 29 $115 million worth of secured bonds through wholly owned subsidiary CAB Holdings Ltd.
The company said in a statement yesterday that the net proceeds of the bond issuance would be used to prepay $103 million of secured debts owed the Hong Kong branch of ING Bank BV, which would fall due in December this year.
The remaining amount would be placed in an escrow bank account that would fund interest payments on the bonds "and may not be used for any other purpose without the consent of the security trustee appointed in respect of the bonds."
The three-year bonds have an interest rate of 8.25 percent per year.
Under the terms of the bond, CAB does not have the right to ...