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Seadrill has sold the remainder of its stake in SapuraKencana Petroleum via a MR774.72m ($198.35m) accelerated share sale, putting to bed a deal that failed to clear only three weeks ago. -
Tuesday and Wednesday brought a pair of private equity block trades following first quarter results, but nothing to match the fireworks of Monday night, when Credit Suisse placed £1bn of stock in SABMiller for Kulczyk Investments at a 0.88% discount.
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Seadrill is in the market to sell an up to MR814m ($208m) block of shares in Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum via sole global co-ordinator and bookrunner Morgan Stanley.
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The Indian government kicked off the sell-down of 11% of its stake in hydropower producer NHPC on Wednesday, with the two-day bookbuild expected to add Rp27.2bn ($408.4m) to the state’s coffers.
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Just two working days after Numis’s dashing block trade in Saga stock on Thursday last week, Credit Suisse brought another sparky, sole-managed deal to the market on Monday night, with a £1bn sale of SABMiller shares for Jan Kulczyk, the Polish billionaire.
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The block trade market is an exciting, risky part of the equity business. Banks can slip up — but that shows how hard they are competing for deals. If, as it seems, block trades work well for issuers and investors, regulators like the Financial Conduct Authority should not interfere.
