Cirtek Holdings Philippines Corp., a semiconductor firm owned by bilyonaryo Jerry Liu, raised P598.4 million from the sale of commercial papers (CPs) to fund the capital requirements of its subsidiaries and pay some financial obligations.
The CPs, which form part of the P6 billion worth of debt securities under shelf registration, will be issued over a period of three years.
Philippine Commercial Capital is the sole bookrunner, issue manager, and underwriter/arranger.
Cirtek will use the proceeds from the offer to refinance in part the working capital of its subsidiaries, namely Quintel USA, Cirtek Electronics Corp. (CEC) and Cirtek Advanced Technologies and Solutions to capitalize on 5G era opportunities as well as to pay down debt.
Founded in 2007, Quintel designs, develops and delivers advanced high efficiency, high-performance antenna products and solutions that help mobile network operators increase efficiency, enhance quality-of-service, slash costs and accelerate returns.
CATSI manufactures valued added, highly integrated microwave and millimeter wave technology products catering to the military, telecommunications, satellite communications, enterprise networks, automotive radar, semiconductor test boards, and industrial segment.
CEC provides fully integrated assembly, packaging and test and turnkey solutions of semiconductor devices.