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☆ Boeing taps debt market to raise $10 billion: Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Boeing logo is displayed on a Boeing building on January 8, 2024 in El Segundo, California. Boeing on Monday tapped debt markets to raise $10 billion, after the U.S. planemaker burned $3.93 billion in free cash during the first quarter following slowing production of its best-selling jet, sources familiar with the matter said. Moody's said the rating reflects Boeing's still-strong business profile, which continues to mitigate ongoing weak performance in commercial aircraft, although headwinds surrounding the division could persist through 2026. Boeing will use the bond proceeds to increase its liquidity ahead of maturities on its existing debt load, including $4.3 billion in 2025, S&P wrote on Monday. The deal's bookrunners leading the bond sale include Bank of America , Citi, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo , according to the deal's term sheet.

Persons: Moody's, bookrunners, Wells, Brian West Organizations: Boeing, U.S, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Locations: El Segundo , California, maturities, Wells Fargo

☆ Exclusive: Bayer holds call with bond investors after raft of bad news
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Shankar Ramakrishnan | Thomson Reuters | Shankar Ramakrishnan Has Nearly Years Of Financial Journalism Experience In Writing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The bad news prompted some bond investors to question whether Bayer should sweeten the terms of the deal or outright pull it, one of the sources said. The drug-to-pesticides group priced the investment grade bond on Thursday last week, with the deal closing on Tuesday. Bayer priced bonds with maturities between three to 30 years. It was the 10th largest investment grade bond deal by an industrial company this year and attracted more than $22 billion in orders, according to Informa Global Markets. The events were "not enough to trigger a material adverse change clause in bond documents for investors to ask to be paid back," said CreditSights' Brady.

Persons: Wolfgang Rattay, Bayer, Andrew Brady, CreditSights, JP Morgan, Wells, Brady, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Ludwig Burger, Mike Erman, Paritosh Bansal, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Bayer AG, REUTERS, Bayer, Nomura Holdings, Informa Global Markets, Citigroup, Nikko Securities America, RIC, Thomson Locations: Leverkusen, Germany, Seattle

☆ Volvo Cars shares drop to record low as Geely trims stake
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The sale of the 3.4% stake leaves Geely with a holding in Volvo Cars of 78.7%, the Chinese company said in a statement. Proceeds received by Geely Holding are intended to be used to support business development within the group," it added. It allows a wider base of shareholders to invest in Volvo Cars," the Swedish company's CEO Jim Rowan said in a statement. At 0926 GMT, Volvo Cars shares were down 10.9% at 36.38 crowns, having traded as low as 35.25 crowns. Geely Holding has committed to a lock-up period of 90 days for its remaining shareholding, "subject to customary exceptions and waivers" by the bookrunners.

Persons: Aly, China's Geely, bookrunners, Jim Rowan, Goldman Sachs, SEB, Geely, Terje Solsvik, Louise Rasmussen, Mark Potter Organizations: Volvo, Auto Shanghai, REUTERS, Rights, Swedish, HK, Volvo Cars, Geely, BNP, Marie Mannes, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, Rights OSLO, Swedish, Oslo, Stockholm

☆ SoftBank Corp raises $800 mln through Japan's first listing of bond-type shares
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Anton Bridge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Corp's (9434.T) bond-type shares were listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday in the first such listing in Japan, raising a total of 120 billion yen ($799 million) on strong retail and institutional investor demand. As of 0359 GMT, the shares were trading at 4,035 yen, above the offering price of 4,000 yen. The offering was primarily aimed at retail investors and demand appears to have been strong among both retail and institutional investors. While SoftBank did not disclose total demand, when asked about retail interest, Miyakawa said he was grateful for the level of demand. As the shares are publicly listed, they can be purchased through the tax-efficient Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA), unlike corporate bonds.

Persons: Corp's, Junichi Miyakawa, SoftBank, Miyakawa, Anton Bridge, Francis Tang, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Tokyo Stock Exchange, Savings, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Japan

☆ Saudi PIF-backed ADES prices IPO at top end, implying over $4 bln valuation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DUBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Saudi oil and gas driller ADES Holding said on Wednesday it has set the final price for its initial public offering (IPO), implying a valuation of 15.242 billion riyals ($4.06 billion) for the Saudi sovereign wealth fund-backed firm. ADES confirmed the pricing for the IPO, saying it drew nearly $76.5 billion in orders from institutional investors. Its clients include state oil giant Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Oil Company and North Oil Company in Qatar. The four banks are also bookrunners and underwriters, joined by GIB Capital, HSBC, Al Rajhi Capital and Saudi Fransi Capital. Arab National Bank, Alrajhi Bank and Saudi National Bank are the receiving agents and Lazard is independent adviser to ADES.

Persons: ADES, EFG Hermes, Goldman Sachs, Lazard, Yousef Saba, Sonia Cheema Organizations: Reuters, Saudi Exchange, Kuwait Oil Company, North Oil Company, SNB, JPMorgan, underwriters, GIB Capital, HSBC, Al, Saudi Fransi Capital, Arab National Bank, Alrajhi Bank, Saudi National Bank, Thomson Locations: DUBAI, Saudi, Khobar, ADES, East, North Africa, India, Saudi Aramco, Qatar, Al Rajhi Capital

☆ Thomson Reuters, Blackstone, others to sell $2.9 bln LSEG shares
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Signage for the London Stock Exchange Group is seen outside of offices in Canary Wharf in London, Britain, August 3, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville Acquire Licensing RightsSept 6 (Reuters) - Investors in the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L), including Blackstone (BX.N) and Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO), (TRI.N), are launching a sale of roughly 28.3 million shares worth about 2.3 billion pounds ($2.9 billion), bookrunners said on Wednesday. The consortium, which includes Canada's CPPIB and Singapore's GIC, intends to sell a total of about 43.1 million shares over time in the bourse operator. Thomson Reuters, parent of Reuters News, holds a minority stake in LSEG. ($1 = 0.8002 pounds)Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka in BengaluruOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Toby Melville, bookrunners, Singapore's GIC, Pushkala Organizations: London Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Blackstone, Thomson Reuters, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Canary Wharf, London, Britain, bourse, LSEG, Bengaluru

☆ Copper giant Codelco raises $2 billion in bond offering
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Fabian Cambero | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Codelco's logo is seen at the entrance of its Ventanas copper smelter in Ventanas, Chile October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSANTIAGO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Chile's Codelco raised $2 billion in a bond offering in New York on Tuesday, as the world's top copper producer seeks to fund an investment drive to revive flagging output. "This financing seeks to ensure the availability of resources for the development of a demanding portfolio of investments that for this year will need a total of $4.1 billion," Codelco said in a statement. It said the firm would need to lift its investments to about $4 billion from $3.3 billion to boost its "structural projects." Codelco's production slipped last year to about 1.45 million metric tons, the lowest in around a quarter of a century, and output has slipped further this year with the miner expecting to produce between 1.31 million to 1.35 million metric tons of copper.

Persons: Rodrigo Garrido, Codelco, Moody's, Fabian Cambero, Kylie Madry, Steven Grattan, Emelia, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Treasury, BNP, Citi, J.P, Santander, Scotiabank, Thomson Locations: Ventanas, Chile, New York, Morgan

HONG KONG, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Shares of debt-laden Chinese property giant Country Garden (2007.HK) fell on Tuesday after it scrapped a share placement to raise $300 million, citing "internal considerations" though bookrunners said the sale was fully covered. Shares and bonds in Country Garden have come under pressure recently due to liquidity concerns, and investors were worried about further contagion in a sector that has already seen many firms default. Country Garden did not immediately respond to a request for comment. At 0220 GMT, shares of Country Garden were down 3.8% to HK$1.52, narrowing losses from 10.8% in early trading. Country Garden had nearly $4.9 billion of bond payments to make over the next 6 months, JP Morgan analysts said in a report last week.

Persons: bookrunners, JP Morgan, Morgan, Clare Jim, Scott Murdoch, Summer, Jacqueline Wong, Kim Coghill, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: HK, Mainland Properties, Reuters, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, HK, Hang

☆ Hedge fund Oceanwood offers 4.4% stake in Spanish bank Unicaja
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The logo of Unicaja bank is seen on the facade of a Unicaja bank branch in Ronda, Spain, October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Jon Nazca//File PhotoMADRID, Aug 1 (Reuters) - British hedge fund Oceanwood Capital Management is selling up to 117 million shares in Spanish bank Unicaja (UNI.MC) via accelerated bookbuilding, equal to a 4.4% stake or more than half of its total holding, bookrunner BOFA Securities said on Tuesday. At Tuesday's closing price the stake on offer was worth around 124 million euros ($136.04 million). Oceanwood holds a 7.4% stake in Unicaja. Unicaja, which is controlled by Unicaja Banking Foundation with a 30% stake, bought smaller lender Liberbank in 2020 to create Spain's fifth-largest bank with around 110 billion euros ($121 billion) in assets.

Persons: Jon Nazca, Oceanwood, bookbuilding, BOFA, David Vaamonde Juanatey, Andrei Khalip, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Capital Management, Securities, BOFA Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Unicaja Banking, Thomson Locations: Ronda, Spain, Spanish, Unicaja

☆ Shares in yacht maker Ferretti bob higher on Milan market debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, June 27 (Reuters) - Shares in Italian yacht maker Ferretti , rose more than 4% in an initial spike on their debut on Euronext Milan on Tuesday as the company embarked on a dual listing. The shares traded as high as 3.14 euros, with an automatic halt applied for excess volatility before dropping back towards the offer price. Ferretti's main shareholder, Chinese conglomerate Weichai, sold shares accounting for 26.1% of the company capital, generating 265 million euros. Ferretti shares in Hong Kong rose 1% to HK$25 at around 0700 GMT. Fashion house Prada (1913.F) is also considering listing shares in Milan.

Persons: Ferretti, Christian Basellini, Goldman Sachs, J.P, Morgan, UniCredit, Berenberg, Elisa Anzolin, Keith Weir Organizations: MILAN, Milan, Equity Capital Markets, HK, Prada, Goldman Sachs International, Thomson Locations: Hong Kong, Milan

☆ Italian Design Brands shares rise on first day of trading
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

MILAN, May 18 (Reuters) - Shares in Italy's Italian Design Brands (IDB) (IDB.MI), a hub of Italian furniture and lighting companies, jumped more than 3% on their Milan bourse debut on Thursday. At around 1000 GMT IDB's shares were up 3.3% from the fixed price set in its initial public offering. The group, which offered newly issued shares worth 70 million euros ($77 million), is aiming to use part of the IPO proceedings for new acquisitions. "We hope to bring in another company by year-end," IDB's Chief Executive Andrea Sasso told journalists. Citigroup and Equita acted as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners for the IPO.

☆ UAE's ADNOC to offer 15% stake in logistics unit IPO
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi oil giant ADNOC intends to offer 15% of its shares in unit ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S) through an initial public offering (IPO) on the Abu Dhabi stock exchange, the company said on Wednesday. ADNOC will offer about 1.1 million shares in its maritime logistics services unit, which is expected to list on June 1, subject to market conditions, the statement said. Reuters had reported in March that ADNOC was gearing up to list ADNOC L&S in June. This will be the Abu Dhabi oil giant's second IPO this year after it raised $2.5 billion from its gas business in March. It was created in 2016 following a merger between Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co, Petroleum Services Co and Abu Dhabi Petroleum Ports Operating Co.

☆ Renault chooses banks for planned listing of electric car unit Ampere - source
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, April 20 (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) has picked BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and JPMorgan (JPM.N) among the investment banks slated to work on the planned listing of its electric car business, Ampere, a source close to the matter said on Thursday. The three banks will act as joint global coordinators on the initial public offering (IPO) of Ampere, the source said. Renault aims to list Ampere in Paris this year, depending on market conditions. Renault's management has not yet given a valuation for the unit, saying it was up to the market to do so. Renault declined to comment on the names or roles of the banks picked for the planned listing.

The firm debut by Harita Nickel could boost sentiment surrounding upcoming IPOs in Indonesia, which is one of the world's hottest IPO markets this year on a drive by the government to privatise some state-owned enterprises. Harita Nickel's stock opened at 1,285 rupiah per share, slightly higher than its initial public offering (IPO) price of 1,250 rupiah a share, on the Indonesian stock exchange. The IPO comes at a time when nickel-rich Indonesia steps up efforts to become a major player in the electric vehicle industry. Harita Nickel's peer Merdeka Battery Materials is scheduled to debut on the local bourse next, on April 18, after raising 8.75 trillion rupiah. Harita Nickel's IPO was the largest in Indonesia in almost a year after the $1.1 billion listing of tech firm GoTo (GOTO.JK) in April.

☆ China's Shein set to raise $2 billion in new funding round, aims for U.S. IPO later this year, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Reuters reports the fast fashion retailer is targeting a U.S. IPO in the second half of 2023. Shein cut its valuation to $64 billion in this fundraising, down by a third from a funding round a year ago, according to six sources with knowledge of the matter. All sources declined to be identified as the information was confidential. Shein said it does not currently have plans for an IPO and declined to comment further. Shein, founded by Chinese entrepreneur Chris Xu, has grown into one of the world's largest online fashion marketplaces since its 2008 launch in Nanjing.

A CHINESE COMPANY? Those rules followed a regulatory crackdown that has slowed U.S. listings by Chinese companies to a trickle. Chinese companies raised only around $230 million in U.S. listings last year, a massive drop from $12.9 billion in 2021, according to Refinitiv data. It was not immediately clear if SHEIN is planning to officially seek Chinese regulatory approval for its IPO. The moves were designed so that SHEIN could bypass seeking Chinese regulatory approval for the listing, sources have previously said.

☆ Belgium to sell part of its stake in BNP Paribas in deal worth over $2 bln - SFPI
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Belgium is preparing a partial sale of its 7.8% equity stake in French lender BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), the euro-zone's biggest bank, the Belgian state participation agency SFPI said on Tuesday. The SFPI will dispose of a chunk of around 2.7% in the French bank, it said in a statement. Lazard is advising Belgium on the move, while BNP Paribas Fortis, BofA Securities and Goldman Sachs International are acting as joint bookrunners, it added. The sale would mean Belgium will no longer hold the biggest stake in BNP Paribas. BNP Paribas did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.

☆ Egypt to raise $1.5 billion with debut sukuk at 11% yield
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Yousef Saba | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Egypt was set to raise $1.5 billion on Tuesday from its debut sale of Islamic bonds known as sukuk at a yield of 11%, a document on the deal showed. The three-year sukuk had initial guidance of around 11.625% and tightened after books closed with demand over $5.35 billion, the document reviewed by Reuters showed. Egypt's vulnerable finances fell into crisis after the war in Ukraine triggered heavy foreign investment outflows from Egyptian financial markets. The sukuk will be listed on the London Stock Exchange, issued through The Egyptian Financial Company for Sovereign Taskeek, with the finance ministry as obligor. The sukuk will help Egypt repay $1.25 billion in five-year Eurobonds, which carried a fixed interest rate of 5.577% and mature on Feb. 21.

☆ Saipem shares drop, group says cannot explain why
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MILAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Saipem (SPMI.MI) does not have any information explaining Monday's share movements, a spokesman for the Italian energy contractor said, after the stock closed down 5.7%. More than 10% of the share capital of the group was traded on the Milan stock exchange, according to Refinitiv data. In July a pool of lender bought Saipem's shares worth almost 600 million euros after a cash call fell short of the 2 billion euro target. BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit were the joint global coordinators of the Saipem issue. Reporting by Francesca Landini and Giancarlo Navach, editing by Gianluca Semeraro and Gavin JonesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Amazon creates bazaar for U.S. banking wannabes
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Jeffrey Goldfarb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The e-commerce goliath recently added to its growing pile of debt with an $8 billion loan. After first tapping the market’s biggest bookrunners, Amazon enlisted Canada’s TD Securities to shop the lesser-traveled byways around Wall Street for the follow-up deal. It’s easy to understand why the wannabes would jump at the chance to work with Amazon. Others such as BBVA, which offloaded its American subsidiary but kept its broker-dealer business, are keen to expand in U.S. investment banking. For Amazon, spreading the wealth is a chance to trial new banking relationships before potentially hiring them for more complicated matters.

☆ Air France raises 300 million euros with convertible bond issue
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Silvia Aloisi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Air France-KLM on Wednesday raised just over 300 million euros ($312 million) by issuing subordinated bonds convertible into stock, seeking to strengthen its capital and pay back state aid but sending its shares plummeting. Air France said in February that it was considering options for raising of up to 4 billion euros of capital, including a rights issue and quasi-equity debt issues. The bonds, which can be exchanged into existing Air France shares as well as converted into new shares, were offered through a placement to qualified investors, the airline said. Major shareholder CMA CGM, a shipping company, participated in the issue pro rata to its 9% equity stake in the company, Air France said in a statement. "The company is not aware of any subscription intention from its other main shareholders," Air France said.

At the same time, the pan-European STOXX 600 (.STOXX) was down 0.4% and an index of European oil and gas stocks was down 0.9%. (.SXEP)The IPO, which priced at the bottom of the expected price range, gave an initial valuation of 2.45 billion pounds ($2.83 billion) for the company. The London stock exchange has suffered the worst year on record for UK IPOs as market volatility persists amid the energy crisis and worsening economic forecasts. So far in 2022, global utility and energy IPOs valued at more than $100 million saw an average 19.9% return after one day, compared with negative returns for European utility and energy IPOs and UK IPOs across all sectors, according to Dealogic data. The last oil and gas producer to float on the main London stock exchange was eastern Mediterranean-focused Energean (ENOG.L) in 2018.

Nov 8 (Reuters) - North Sea oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy's (IPO-IHEG.L) planned initial public offering (IPO) in London is set to be priced at the bottom of the range at 250 pence per share, a bookrunner on the deal said on Tuesday. The planned IPO of Ithaca - owned by Tel Aviv-listed Delek Group (DLEKG.TA) - on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday has been closely watched in an IPO market starved of activity since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Delek bought Ithaca in April from private equity-backed Siccar Point Energy, already flagging its intention to float. The last oil and gas producer to float on the main London stock exchange was eastern Mediterranean-focused Energean ENOG.L in 2018. Reuters Graphics($1 = 0.8716 pounds)Reporting by Sinchita Mitra in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich and Barbara LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ithaca Energy IPO set to price at lower end of range - bookrunner
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A planned initial public offering of North Sea oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy (IPO-IHEG.L) is set to price at the lower end of the previously guided range, bookrunners on the deal said on Monday. The revised price guidance is for between 250 and 270 pence per share, compared with the previous price range of 250 to 310 pence, which had implied a market value of 2.5 billion to 3.1 billion pounds. Books were oversubscribed at the revised price range, the bookrunners said, adding they would close on Nov 8. The planned float of Ithaca - owned by Tel Aviv-listed Delek Group (DLEKG.TA) - on the London Stock Exchange has been closely watched in an IPO market starved of activity since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Reporting by Iain Withers, Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ireland to sell 8% of its majority stake in AIB in one go
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBLIN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The Irish government received more than enough demand to cover the sale of 8% of its majority stake in Allied Irish Banks (AIB) (AIBG.I) in an accelerated book build on Monday, one of the joint bookrunners said. The state's stake stood at 71% at the start of the year. AIB shares closed up 1.96% at 3.20 euros on Monday. The last placing, conducted before euro zone banks began to benefit from European Central Bank interest rate hikes, was priced at 2.28 euros per share. Ireland pumped 64 billion euros ($64.2 billion), or almost 40% of its then annual economic output, into the country's banks just over a decade ago following a huge property crash.

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