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IAG DEC 2020年12月 亞博匯 16 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS SUMMIT ASCENT TO INCREASE TIGRE DE CRISTAL STAKE TO 77.5% 凱升控股增持 水晶虎宮殿股份至77.5％ THE RUSSIAN SUBSIDIARY of Hong Kong-listed Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd will increase its stake in Oriental Regent Limited (ORL) – operator of Tigre de Cristal in the Primorye Gambling Zone near Vladivostok – by 10% to 77.5% as part of a fund-raising exercise for the casino’s Phase II expansion. The increase forms part of a complicated series of transactions that has initially seen Summit Ascent Russia boost its stake in ORL from 60% to 67.5% via a combination of cash and convertible bonds paid to minority shareholders. Both Summit Ascent Holdings and its majority shareholder, Suncity Group, announced that the former was also one of two current ORL shareholders to take part in a shares subscription to raise an additional US$65 million for Tigre de Cristal Phase II. According to a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing, Summit Ascent has agreed to subscribe to 234,755 shares at a cost of US$53.6 million, which when complete will boost its stake to 77.5%. Another shareholder, Firich, will pay US$11.4 million for 49,938 shares although its stake will subsequently decrease from 25% to 20%. Other minority shareholders City Wealth and Jewrim, neither of whom subscribed to the new shares, will see their interests fall from 5% to 1.7% and from 2.5% to 0.8% respectively. Suncity Group had previously stated that both the share acquisition and share subscriptions, “can be interpreted as a strong support from themajor shareholder Suncity. This is also an indication that regardless of Tigre de Cristal’s existing shareholders’ financial statuses, Phase II will go ahead from blueprint to brick and mortar as planned.” 在香港上市的 凱升控股的俄羅斯子公司SA Russia將其持有的東雋公司的股份從10%增 加至77.5％，作為賭場二期擴建融資的一部 分。東雋公司為位於海參崴的綜合娛樂場酒 店水晶虎宮殿的營運商。 此次增持是一系列複雜交易的一部分。 通過向少數股東支付現金及可轉換債券，SA Russia將其在東雋的持股比例從60％增至 67.5％。 凱升控股及其主要股東太陽城集團於宣 佈——前者同時是東雋的兩大股東之一—— 將參與股票認購，為水晶虎宮殿二期額外籌 集6500萬美元資金。 根據港交所的一份文件，凱升已經同意 以5360萬美元的價格認購234,755股。認購 完成後該公司的持股比例將提高至77.5％。 另一股東Firich將以1140萬美元的價格 購買49,938股股票，儘管其持股比例隨後將 從25％降至20％。而其他均未認購新股的少 數股東City Wealth和Jewrim，其各自持股比 例將分別從5％及2.5％下降至1.7％及0.8％。 太陽城集團此前曾表示，無論是股票收 購或是認購，都可視為「獲得主要股東太陽城 的大力支持。」這同時意味著，不管目前水晶 虎宮殿股東財政狀況如何，二期將如期按規 劃藍圖發展至實體綜合娛樂度假村。