LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The following are initial public
offerings in the pipeline for companies in the Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA) region.
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ISSUER DATE COUNTRY PROCEEDS BOOKRUNNER
($ mln)
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*CFAO Dec 3 France 1,350 BNP, SG
Calyon, GS
- French retail and luxury group PPR <PRTP.PA> is offering
31 million shares of CFAO at a price range of 24.80-29.00 euros
per share, about 50.39 percent of the share capital. Pricing is
expected on Dec. 2 and trading on Euronext Paris is due to start
on Dec. 3.[]
*Yoox Nov 30 Italy 160 Mediobanca
GS
-Italian online fashion retailer Yoox SpA is offering 18
million old shares and 6.24 million new shares at a price range
of 3.60-4.50 euros per share. If a greenshoe option is taken up,
55.5 percent of the firm will be listed on Milan's main MTA
market, the first since March 2008. []
*Hochtief Concessions Dec Germany 1,200 DB,GS,Citi
Barclays
-Hochtief <HOTG.DE> is preparing an IPO of its airports
division. It could be Germany's first major IPO since diesel
engine maker Tognum's 2.1 billion euros listing in 2007.
[]
Scan Energy Dec 10 Germany 300 HSBC,
SocGen,
Macquarie
- Danish energy operator Scan Energy aims to raise about 200
million euros to fund its projects in Italy and Poland. Analysts
put a value of 500 million euros on the company. []
Gartmore Q1 2010 UK TBA MS, Citi
-Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, which holds a 50
percent stake in the fund management firm. The preparations
reheat proposals from 2007 to float the asset manager for up to
1.5 billion pounds.
Germany2 2010 Germany 400 DB
-The backers of shell company Germany1 plan to raise about
300 million euros in a new special purpose acquisition company
(SPAC) on the Euronext Amsterdam bourse.
Merlin Q1 2010 UK 3,300 Citi, GS
DB, UBS
Nomura
-Private equity firm Blackstone <BX.N> prepares to float
Merlin Entertainments, the second biggest theme park operator
after Disney, in early 2010. The offering could value the
business at around 2 billion pounds ($3.3 billion). Merlin owns
the London Eye, Madame Tussauds and the Sea Life centres. Dubai
International Capital owns 20 percent of the business.
Amadeus Q1 2010 Spain 3,000 GS, JPM,MS
-Travel reservations firm Amadeus, which was taken private
in a 4.34 billion euros deal, is preparing for an IPO selling
new and existing shares. The firm is controlled by BC Partners
[] and Cinven [], with a combined 52.8 percent.
Air France <AIRF.PA> owns 23.1 percent and Iberia <IBLA.MC> and
Lufthansa <LHAG.DE> own 11.6 percent each. []
