Reliance Communications Unit Aims To Raise Up To $1.5 Billion In Singapore IPO - Report
18 Marzo 2012 - 10:22PM
Noticias Dow Jones
India's Flag Telecom Pvt. Ltd.--which is owned by Reliance
Communications Ltd. (532712.BY)--has filed an initial public
offering prospectus with the Singapore Exchange, the Business
Standard newspaper reported Monday.
Reliance Communications plans to sell a 75% stake in the
undersea cable operator to raise $1.25 billion-$1.5 billion, the
report cited the offer document as saying.
It added that the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group company expects
the transaction to be completed by the second week of May.
The funds will be used to repay part of Reliance Communications'
debt of INR350.0 billion debt, it said.
Flag Telecom, a part of Reliance Globalcom -- a unit of Reliance
Communications -- owns and runs the global businesses of India's
second-largest telecom company by users.
Deutsche Bank AG, Standard Chartered Bank PLC., Industrial &
Commercial Bank of China Ltd., and Singapore's DBS Bank are the
bankers to the stock listing, the report added.
A Reliance Communications spokesperson declined to comment to
the newspaper.
Newspaper website: http://www.business-standard.com
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