CPF revealed that the current bond  issuance and offering is overwhelmingly  sucessful. The bond Arrangers stated that the key success factors for this fund raising was investors’ confidence in the company, whose products are one of the four requisites in living,  CPF’s excellent performance,  and its excellent past record as a good bond issuer without any default on payment. 

Mr.Paisan Chirakitcharern, Chief Financial Officer of Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (“CPF”), which operates an integrated agro-industrial and food business under the vision to become the “Kitchen of the World”, disclosed that there have been  an impressive  feedback from investors on the 6 series of CPF’s bonds. , Those 6 series of bonds had  offered  to various groups of the investor. The bonds  attracted considerable interest from all investor groups with the interest   over the Company’s target of 25,000 million baht..

“The Company gratefully appreciates  investors for their trust in our bonds , and would like to apologize to those who were unable to subscribe. This bond issuance will enhance our financial position. CPF is determined to generate fair financial returns for all stakeholders, intends to grow our business sustainably and solidly  under our vision to become the “Kitchen of the World”. We extend our appreciation  to all five Joint Lead Arrangers – KASIKORNBANK, Krungthai Bank, Siam Commercial Bank, CIMB Thai Bank, and Government Savings Bank – and all  investors who contributed to the great success in our bond offering this round,” concluded the Chief Financial Officer of CPF.

In addition, the Arrangers acclaimed  that besides the satisfactory return and  credit rating of A+ from TRIS Rating Co., Ltd., one significant success factor for the positive feedback on CPF’s bonds was investors’ trust in its leading position as a sustainable agro-industrial and food business operator. Apart from that the strong financial performance has been a main considerations of  investors to subscribe  the CPF’s bonds.