Friday, June 22, 2007

Sterlite raises over 2 bn dlr in US

Vedanta group flagship Sterlite Industries on Friday said it has raised over two billion dollar (about Rs 8,215 crore) through an initial public offering in the US, including the over allotment option.

The American Depository Shares (ADSs) were priced at 13.44 dollar each, resulting in gross proceeds of 2,016 million dollar from the offering, the Anil Agarwal-led metals and mining company said in a communique to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).The underwriters, joint global coordinators and bookrunners for the American Depository Shares (ADSs) offering exercised over allotment option to purchase additional 1.96 crore equity shares.

With the exercise of the over-allotment option, the total number of ADSs issued by the company in the offering increased to 15 crore and this would represent around 21.2 per cent interest in the company.The company on June 19 said it has raised 1.75 billion dollars (about Rs 7,000 crore) through the initial public offering in the US.

Read more in The Economic Times article.

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