Infratil kicks off $400M equity raising, reports flat operating earnings

Infratil kicks off $400M equity raising, reports flat operating earnings
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans May 17 (BusinessDesk) - Infratil plans to sell about 100 million new shares at $4 each to help fund its $3.4 billion purchase of Vodafone New Zealand. The underwritten offer is structured as a $100 million placement of 25 million shares to institutions. The balance will come from an accelerated renounceable entitlement offer, which existing shareholders can subscribe for at a rate of one new share for every 7.46 shares held at the close of trading on Tuesday, May 21. The $4 application price is a 10.4 percent discount to...

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