Porsche is going public this week and shares will each be available for €82.50 ($79.89), priced at the top of the company’s targeted price range.
The initial public offering (IPO) will see the Volkswagen Group sell 12.5 per cent of the company’s non-voting shares in a move that will raise approximately €9.4 billion ($9.1 billion) and value the automaker at €75.2 billion ($72.8 billion). This will make it Germany’s second-largest listing ever.
No less than 911 million shares will be sold in Porsche and approximately half of the proceeds generated by the listing on Frankfurt’s stock exchange will be distributed to shareholders. The rest of the funds will be used to help fund VW’s transition to all-electric vehicles.
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“In the event of a successful IPO, Volkswagen AG will convene an extraordinary general meeting in December 2022, at which it will propose to its shareholders to distribute in the beginning of 2023 a special dividend of 49 % of the total gross proceeds from the placement of the preferred shares and the sale of the ordinary shares,” the Volkswagen Group described in a statement.
The IPO is going ahead despite the current volatile state of the stock market and widespread economic concerns.
“This [IPO] is a key element for the group, especially because the possible proceeds would give us more flexibility to further accelerate the transformation,” Porsche CFO Arno Antlitz added in a statement earlier this month.
Speaking with the media last week, the head of VW’s works council, Daniela Cavallo, noted that the carmaker could sell more Porsche shares in the future in order to raise additional funds.
