| HKBN, Hong Kong’s second-largest broadband Internet provider, will launch its initial public offering today, with shareholders including GIC looking to raise up to HK$5.8 billion (S$1 billion), Thomson Reuters’ IFR reported. At the top of its indicative range, the IPO would be the second-largest in the Asia-Pacific region this year, after the US$1.13 billion (S$1.5 billion) raised by Jasmine International’s Internet infrastructure fund in Bangkok earlier this month.
GIC, private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, HKBN’s management and other shareholders will offer 645 million existing shares in an indicative range of HK$8 to HK$9 each, IFR said, citing sources familiar with the plans. HKBN, previously known as Hong Kong Broadband Network, will raise no funds from the IPO, with all proceeds going to GIC and other selling shareholders...............................................Full Article: Source
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