Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) spinout Kenvue (KVUE) upsized its hotly anticipated preliminary public providing, pricing shares on the higher finish of its beforehand issued vary to lift $3.8B.
Kenvue, which was J&J’s shopper merchandise division, provided 173M shares at $22 per share. Underwriters have been granted a 30-day possibility to purchase as much as 26M further shares to cowl over-allotments.
Shares are anticipated to start buying and selling on NYSE below the image KVUE on Thursday, Could 4.
After the IPO closes, J&J will personal 91% of Kenvue’s excellent frequent inventory or 90% if the underwriters train their possibility in full.
Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and BofA Securities are serving as joint lead bookrunners on the deal. Bookrunning managers embody Citigroup, Deutsche Financial institution Securities, BNP Paribas, HSBC, RBC Capital Markets and UBS Funding Financial institution.
Previously J&J’s shopper merchandise division, Kenvue markets such well-known manufacturers as Band-Assist, Listerine, Neutrogena, Aveeno and Tylenol.
In late April, Kenvue mentioned that it deliberate to supply round 151M shares priced between $20 and $23 per share, which might have raised about $3.25B.