QUOTE(cherroy @ Apr 28 2009, 02:12 PM)
It doesn't affect your existing holding unit. If you have 1000 shares, you will remain as 1000 shares.
(Those new shares are issued to third party aka private placement)
Just there are more shares overall, aka previous 1000 shares mean 0.1%, now it will be diluted become like 0.07%.
So it might affect/dilute the DPU, but generally private placement money is used to acquire newer property to generate more income to offset the dilution effect, which previously 50 million private placement didn't diute the DPU instead it increase the DPU due to more newer income generated from newer properties acquired.
Can I think of it this way ?
Presently I have one house and its giving me good rental income. Value of the house if RM250k and rental return is RM2500 per month. All of a sudden, my uncle calls me and says he wants to have special deal with me. He gives me another 250K to buy another house, provided that I give half share of my current house to him and half share of the new house as well.
Hence based on this scenario, if I manage to buy similar house at RM250k and rent out for similar rental return RM2500. Overall if I look at rental, no difference to me as it combine rental of both house divide by 2 still gives me the same rental yield as if I have one house.
However, if the new 250K is used to buy a house with better rental returns, then I will get more DPU. Its also possible that the new house will give lower rental whereby my DPU will drop.
In the end, its a question of how confident are we that AXREIT management will use the money to buy good properties with better yield than current house.