San Miguel Corp, the Philippine conglomerate whose businesses range from beer and food to oil, power and infrastructure, is set to raise $880 million from a concurrent sale of shares and exchangeable bonds. The fundraising is slightly larger than the $850 million indicated by the company earlier this month and could increase to $970 million if the $20 million greenshoe on the international tranche of the equity portion, and the upsize option on the domestic tranche, are both exercised in full.
Even at the base size, this is the largest follow-on capital raising in the Philippines ever. It is also the first ever combined equity and equity-linked deal in this...
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