German REIT Alstria Office has raised just over €79 mln in a corporate bond issue.

German REIT Alstria Office has raised just over €79 mln in a corporate bond issue.

The Hamburg-based company said that the issuance was multiple times oversubscribed. The proceeds will be used to refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes.

The bonds have a maturity of five years and will be redeemed at 100% of their principal amount. The coupon was set at 2.75% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. The initial conversion price was set at €10.0710, representing a conversion premium of 15% above the reference share price of € 8.7574. Settlement for the convertible bonds is expected to take place on or around 14 June 2013.

The placement volume will be convertible into almost 8 million no-par value ordinary bearer shares, representing just under 10% of Alstria's outstanding shares.

BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan acted as joint bookrunners and UniCredit Bank acted as co-bookrunner.