7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Berhad raised M$732 million US$227 million on Friday after pricing its initial public offering of shares at the top of its M$1.33 to M$1.38 targeted range.
The institutional order book was more than 12 times oversubscribed early in the bookbuild, but that was not surprising since only 8% of the base 530.2 million-share-deal was earmarked for institutional investors.
The fact there was so little paper on offer for institutions - only $50 million - pushed the final share price up, bankers close to the deal told FinanceAsia. There was very little stock to go around and it was a massively oversubscribed...