over-allotment

If an over-allotment option of additional shares are sold by the company's underwriters, the IPO will end up raising slightly more than $1 billion.

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At admission, the Euroset shares offered to the market will represent a free float of up to 38.2% before the exercise of the over-allotment option, equal to 15% of the base offering, or 293,326 ordinary shares, the company said.

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There is an over-allotment option to increase the size of the Hong Kong portion by up to 15% to as many as 412.2 million H-shares.

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Bank of America might sell another 6.3 million shares in the over-allotment option, leaving it with no more common shares.

Business Watch 2010

The US$6.4 billion proceeds from the IPO assume the company is pricing its units at the top end of the range, investment by cornerstone investors and Hutchison exercising the over-allotment option.

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Strong retail demand offset weaker-than-expected demand from institutional investors, allowing Enel to consider selling extra shares through its over-allotment option.

Business Watch 2010

Up to 330,000 shares could come from an over-allotment option.

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The Company and the selling shareholders have also granted its underwriters an over-allotment option for up to 900,000 ordinary shares.

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The company will use the proceeds from the IPO to fund a thermal-coal project in Central Queensland, the term sheet said, adding that if an over-allotment option of 15% of the deal size is exercised, the proceeds would partially fund an iron-ore project in Western Australia.

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The offer includes an over-allotment option of about 15% of the total number of units.

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