With market sentiment turning bearish in the past week on the back of interest rate risk in the US, as well as some fears of a China hard landing, the manufacturing conglomerate's timing might appear less than ideal.
Nevertheless, the company plans to price on April 6 ahead of the flotation of the equivalent of 25% of its enlarged share capital, or 29% post Greenshoe. The number of shares will amount to 2.97 billion shares pre-Greenshoe. Primary shares will represent 9.1% of the total.
CSFB is sole book runner, with Deutsche Bank, Daiwa Bank and Macquarie Bank acting as co-leads. Daiwa will manage the POWL Public Offer Without Listing in...