Paul Y Engineering Group PYE, a Hong Kong-listed construction and engineering firm, has raised $411 million from the sale of new shares and convertible bonds that will be put towards a highly exclusive boutique casino project in Macau.
This is the second-biggest equity capital-raising by a Hong Kong-listed company this year after Evergrande’s $561 million top-up placement and a massive transaction for PYE, which earlier this week had a market cap of just $84 million. The deal, which was arranged by CLSA as the sole placement agent, came with an upsize option of about $200 million, which wasn’t exercised.
The company is teaming up with...