North star Meat merchants got the nod from the Securities and exchange commission (SEC) yesterday for its initial public offering.

It intends to do an Initial Public Offer of up to [392,000,000] Common Shares consisting of up to [360,000,000] Primary Common Shares and up to [32,000,000] Secondary Common Shares with an Over-allotment Option of up to [58,000,000] Secondary Common Shares.

The offer price for the IPO is initially set for Php10.0/share,  IPO total will be at Php 4.5Billion, 3.46 Billion from the offer of the primary shares for its cold chain infrastructure.

Sole issue manager is Banco de Oro and Joint lead underwriters include BDO Capital, Chinabank Capital, SB Capital and PNB Capital

According to its prospectus;

North Star is the leading and one of the largest pork and beef vendors in Modern Trade Channels in the Philippines1 . The Company prides itself on providing a full line up of pork and beef at affordable prices, nationwide. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Company has an authorized capital stock of ₱625,000,000.00 divided into 2,500,000,000 common shares with a par value of ₱0.25 per share, of which 1,440,000,000 common shares are issued and outstanding.

The Offer Shares shall be offered at a price of up to ₱10.00 per Offer Share (the “Offer Price”). The final Offer Price will be determined through a book-building process and discussion between the Company and BDO Capital & Investment Corporation (“BDO Capital”) as sole issue manager (the “Sole Issue Manager”), and together with BDO Capital, China Bank Capital Corporation (“China Bank Capital”), PNB Capital & Investment Corporation (“PNB Capital”) and SB Capital & Investment Corporation (“SB Capital”), collectively, the “Underwriters.” The Offer Shares will be listed and traded on the Main Board of The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “PSE”) under the trading symbol “NSTAR”.

Up to [78,400,000] Firm Shares (or 20% of the Firm Shares) (the “Trading Participants Offer Shares”) are being offered in the Philippines through the PSE Trading Participants and up to 39,200,000 Shares (or 10% of the Firm Shares) (the “Retail Offer Shares”) are being offered in the Philippines to local small investors (“LSI”) under the Local Small Investors Program of the PSE (subject to reallocation as described below) (such shares, together, the “Trading Participants and Retail Offer Shares”, and such offer of Trading Participants and Retail Offer Shares, the “Trading Participants and Retail Offer”).

The initial request for the Offer Period shall start on May 30, 2022 up to  June 3, 2022

Majority of the proceeds will go to Capital Expenditures to expand Cold Chain Infrastructure, Increase Working Capital primarily to improve operational efficiencies, Expansion of Product lines and Research and Development to take advantage of our national distribution network

North Star Prospectus Photo
Item PhotoCost (Php)Item Description
Click Here to View456.0Original Portable Hanging Neck Fan Rechargeable Usb Mini Fan Electric Fan Headset Fan Outdoor Sports
Click Here to View1,399OPPO Band B1 Bluetooth Watch 1.1-inch AMOLED Screen Continuous SpO2 Monitoring 50M Water Resistance
Click Here to View5,290realme C11 2021 (2+32GB)

VISTA REIT gets the nod from PSE officials yesterday as it is expected list its shares by June 15,2022. Its final offer price will be determined by May 25, 2022. This content is updated to reflect the current IPO price and shares to be sold to the public, significant changes have been noted since then.

Secondary shares will be listed at initial price of Php 1.75 /share. There will be an offering up to 2.75 billion shares with an overallotment of 250.0 million shares.  Proceeds of the offer will be re-invested by its sponsors in the Philippines. The IPO price is 30% lower as compared from its initial P2.50/share

Villar is expected to receive Php 4.81 billion with the full allocation sale including its overallotment shares. Public float will then be at approximately 36% from the original proposal of 49%. From the previous 9.15Billion full allocation with 3.66Billion shares, it was slashed to 2.75Billion shares     

According to its website description;

VistaREIT (VREIT) is a real estate investment trust backed by Vista Land, a leading integrated property developers in the Philippines and the largest homebuilder in the country overall. Vista Land operates its residential and commercial property development businesses through its six distinct business units, Camella Homes, Communities Philippines, Crown Asia, Brittany, Vista Residences and Vistamalls. Previously known as Vista One, Inc., VREIT is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vista Land, maintaining a diversified portfolio of commercial and office properties strategically located within Vista Land integrated communities.

The listing will include 10 property and malls in Metro Manila, Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Cebu and two of its  office buildings in Taguig and Bacoor, Cavite.

VREIT’s portfolio with over 250,000 square meters of gross leasable area consists of 12 properties: 2 PEZA-registered office buildings located in BGC and Molino, and 10 retail malls with strong and stable anchor tenants including publicly listed AllHome and AllDay. VREIT operates as a Real Estate Investment Trust in compliance with Republic Act No. 9856, otherwise known as the REIT Act of 2009.

REITs provide a good source of dividend income for investors at it is mandated to return back 90% of its earnings in the form of dividends. Typically the dividend is higher to corporate dividends following the above requirements. If you want to learn more about the previous REITs and its basic function you can go to the links highlighted.

Item PhotoCost (Php)Item Description
Click Here to View456.0Original Portable Hanging Neck Fan Rechargeable Usb Mini Fan Electric Fan Headset Fan Outdoor Sports
Click Here to View1,399OPPO Band B1 Bluetooth Watch 1.1-inch AMOLED Screen Continuous SpO2 Monitoring 50M Water Resistance
Click Here to View5,290realme C11 2021 (2+32GB)