{"id":777002785,"date":"2023-02-27T13:01:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T16:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002785"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:17:27","slug":"let-group-raises-us6-2m-from-share-issuance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/let-group-raises-us6-2m-from-share-issuance","title":{"rendered":"LET Group raises US$6.2m from share issuance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The issuance represents approximately 3.88 per cent of all issued shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-&nbsp;<strong>LET Group Holdings Ltd<\/strong>, the former Suncity Group, has raised HK$48.5m (US$6.2m) through the placement of 269m shares at a price of HKD 0.186 each. The issuance represents approximately 3.88 per cent of all issued shares.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a filing on Friday (February 24), LET Group said it plans to use HK$19m (US$2.42m) from the net proceeds to repay an outstanding loan of HK$400m (US$51m) that was advanced to the company by four independent third-party lenders last September.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining HK$10m (US$1.27m) will be used to settle the arrangement fee for a revolving loan of up to HK$500m (US$64m) provided by subsidiary Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd, a deal that was announced last month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last November,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/major-success-group-acquires-75-of-let-group-shares\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Major Success Group<\/a>&nbsp;acquired 5.018bn shares \u2013 approximately 75.25 per cent of all issued shares. The company controlled by&nbsp;<strong>Andrew Lo Kai Bong<\/strong>, a former business associate of ex-Macau junket boss Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, paid HK$0.069 (US$0.00892) per share after making&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/major-success-group-ups-offer-for-let-group-holdings\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an original offer<\/a>&nbsp;of HK$0.0029 per share.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The issuance represents approximately 3.88 per cent of all issued shares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":8706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"LET Group Holdings Ltd, formerly Suncity Group, has successfully raised HK$48.5m (US$6.2m) through a share placement, representing approximately 3.88% of its issued shares. The proceeds are strategically allocated to partially repay an outstanding HK$400m loan and to settle arrangement fees for a new HK$500m revolving loan facility provided by its subsidiary, Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd.","focusai_entities":"LET Group Holdings Ltd, Suncity Group, Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd, Major Success Group, Andrew Lo Kai Bong, Alvin Chau Cheok Wa","focusai_location":"The Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.98), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Debt Restructuring Strategy?","query":"What is the long-term debt restructuring strategy for LET Group following this share placement and the establishment of the revolving loan facility?"},{"label":"Ownership Impact on Strategy?","query":"How will the recent significant change in majority ownership by Major Success Group influence LET Group's operational strategy and asset portfolio going forward?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[24197],"class_list":["post-777002785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-let-group-holdings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777002785"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002818,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002785\/revisions\/777002818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}