At the close of Tiger Airways Holdings Limited’s
Singapore IPO on 18 January 2010 at 8.00 a.m., 27,072 valid
applications had been received for approximately 260.1 million
Offering Shares, resulting in the Singapore public offer tranche
being approximately 21.0 times subscribed.
With respect to the international offering or
placement tranche, the indications of interest received amounted
to approximately 683.6 million Offering Shares, resulting in the
placement tranche being approximately 4.5 times subscribed.
The Offering Shares have been priced at Sin$1.50. A
total of approximately Sin$247.7 million in gross proceeds have been
raised from the IPO, of which approximately Sin$233.3 million will
go to Tiger Airways. Based on the Offering Price of Sin$1.50, Tiger
Airways will have a market capitalisation of Sin$781.3 million at
listing.
Commenting on the response to the IPO,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Airways, Tony Davis
said, “We are absolutely delighted with the response to this IPO
from both the retail investors in Singapore and major global
institutional investors. We believe that the significant demand
for shares in Tiger Airways from investors around the world is a
strong vote of confidence in our low-cost business model and the
growth potential of Tiger Airways.
Going forward,
we aim to continue growing our airlines in Singapore and Australia
as well as establishing new airlines in additional markets in
Asia. Tiger Airways is well-positioned to leverage the
opportunities for growth in air travel in Asia and Australasia,
the fastest growing aviation market in the world.”
The Shares will be traded in Singapore Dollars
and are expected to commence trading on the Main Board of the
SGX-ST at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, 22 January 2010.
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