Country Garden shares suffer 15% hit on $360mn share sale discount
折价配售新股 碧桂园股价重挫15%
Shares in one of China’s biggest property groups, Country Garden, fell 15 per cent after the company announced a heavily discounted $360mn capital raise, in the latest sign of liquidity problems hitting the country’s real estate sector.
中国最大房地产集团之一碧桂园(Country Garden)股价下挫15%，此前该公司宣布以大幅折价配股筹集3.6亿美元资金，这是流动性问题冲击中国房地产行业的最新迹象。
The Hong Kong-listed developer said it would price the new shares at HK$3.25 each, nearly 13 per cent below Tuesday’s closing price. The share price decline wiped about HK$13bn ($1.7bn) from the group’s market capitalisation in morning trading.
这家在香港上市的开发商表示，配售新股定价为每股3.25港元，较周二的收盘价低近13%。此轮股价下跌令该集团市值在早盘交易中蒸发约130亿港元（合17亿美元）。
Country Garden has not defaulted on its debt and its leverage is lower than that of other Chinese developers grappling with high levels of leverage, analysts noted. But despite the Guangdong-based group saying it would use the funds to pay back debt, the discounted share placement spooked investors.
分析师指出，碧桂园没有出现债务违约，其杠杆水平也低于其他受高杠杆所困的中国开发商。不过，尽管这家总部位于广东的集团表示将用这笔资金偿还债务，但折价配售股份的做法引发了投资者不安。
