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PACC Offshore Services Holdings IPO three times subscribed

PACC Offshore Services Holdings’ (POSH) initial public offering (IPO) on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) raised SGD388.3m ($310.5m).

Marcus Hand, Editor

April 25, 2014

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The public offering was roughly five times subscribed with 8,567 valid applications for a total of 211.2m offering shares. All 186,820,000 shares under the international offering were taken up, with a further 25.2m reserved shares taken up by directors, management and employees of the company, and related group companies.

In total the offering was about three times subscribed.

The IPO raised gross proceeds of SGD388.3m and this will rise to SGD441.3m if over allotment option of 46,125,000 shares granted by Pacific Carriers Ltd (PCL) is taken up in full.

With the proceeds from the IPO POSH said it planned to broaden its fleet diversification, expand into deepwater offshore accommodation and other high-growth asset classes.

POSH started trading on SGX on Friday morning and shares were up marginally from the offer price of SGD1.15 at SG1.155 in early trading.

About the Author

Marcus Hand

Editor

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

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