Softbank hires banks for December mobile listing - report

News Wireless Japan 15 OKT 2018
Softbank hires banks for December mobile listing - report

SoftBank has picked banks including Nomura and Goldman Sachs as lead underwriters for the initial public offering of its Japanese mobile business, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg. They will help the company sell about JPY 3 trillion (USD 27 billion) of shares. Marketing of the shares is expected to start next month ahead of a listing in December, the report said. 

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