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☆ Romania's Hidroelectrica tops $10 billion valuation in 'historic' IPO
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BUCHAREST, July 5 (Reuters) - Romanian energy producer Hidroelectrica's IPO has been priced at 104 lei ($22.87) per share, it said on Wednesday, implying a market capitalisation of $10.3 billion in what a government minister described as a "historic success." "We are happy to see the strong investor interest which has driven a successful outcome," said Chief Executive Bogdan Badea. The stock will start trading on July 12 on the Bucharest bourse. The government will retain its 80% holding in the country's largest energy producer, which has power capacity of 6.3 gigawatts from 182 hydroelectric plants. The performance of the shares once they start trading will be watched closely.

Persons: Bogdan Badea, Fondul Proprietatea, Franklin Templeton, Sebastian Burduja, Austria's Verbund, Luiza Ilie, Pablo Mayo, Alexandra Schwarz, David Goodman Organizations: Bucharest bourse, U.S, EU, Bucharest Stock Exchange, Romanian Energy, CAB Payments, Bankers, Vienna Stock Exchange, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Thomson Locations: BUCHAREST, Romanian, Bucharest, London

NEW YORK/LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - A lackluster IPO market is showing signs of life as a flurry of deals in the United States and Europe raise hopes that a recovery may be in sight. With investors now predicting an end to the Federal Reserve's rate hikes later this year, optimism has resumed. This allowed thrift shop chain Savers Value Village (SVV.N) to raise $401 million in its New York IPO this week, more than it originally set out to. Investors continued to snap up its shares, with the stock closing up 27% on its first day of trading. EUROPE IPOS ON THE WAYIn Europe, three IPOs are on track to be completed by early July, but two of them have already had to moderate their valuation expectations.

Persons: Aloke Gupte, Tom Swerling, Paul Abrahimzadeh, Hidroelectrica, Fondul, WE Soda, Ferretti, Coty, Andrew Briscoe, David DiPietro, Rowe Price, Echo Wang, Pablo Mayo, Elisa Martinuzzi, Mark Potter Organizations: Investors, JPMorgan Chase &, CAB, Kodiak Gas Services, Fidelis Insurance Holdings, Barclays, North America, Citigroup, U.S, Heineken, General, GE Healthcare Technologies, Bank of, Pablo Mayo Cerquiero, Thomson Locations: United States, Europe, Ukraine, New York, London, Africa, Asia, Kodiak, Fidelis, Cava, EUROPE, Romanian, Hong Kong, Milan, East

☆ Hydropower IPO tests appetite for weather risks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Yawen Chen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

LONDON, June 28 (Reuters Breakingviews) - A jumbo hydropower listing may define how investors assess extreme weather risks. Over the last decade, hydropower has been the largest source of clean energy, International Energy Agency data shows. At the top of the range it would raise up to 2 billion euros and be Europe’s largest IPO so far this year. Alarmingly, Hidroelectrica’s gross hydropower generation fell about 15% last year from its annual average of 15.9 terawatt-hours in the decade to 2022. The IPO carries a price range of between 94 Romanian lei and 112 lei (18.95 euros and 22.58 euros) per share, giving the company a potential market capitalisation of 42.3 billion lei to 50.4 billion lei (8.53 billion euros to 10.16 billion euros), Hidroelectrica said in its prospectus.

Persons: Romania’s, Austria’s Verbund, Bogdan Nicolae Badea, Hidroelectrica, Fondul Proprietatea, Franklin Templeton, Lisa Jucca, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, International Energy Agency, World Bank, Alarmingly, Investors, U.S, Thomson Locations: Europe, Romania, Ukraine, Romanian, China, France

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