23rd May 2019 17:57
LONDON (Alliance News) - Serco Group PLC said Thursday it has raised GBP140 million through a share placing announced earlier, which will partly fund the USD225 million acquisition of an unnamed US defence business from Alion Science & Technology Corp.
Shares in the support services group closed up 7.4% at 130.10 pence on Thursday.
Serco placed 111.2 million shares at a price of 126.0 pence per share, a 9.0% discount to the closing price of 121.1p on Wednesday.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Barclays acted as joint bookrunners for the placing, while Rothschild & Co acted as a financial adviser to Serco.
Serco will buy the Naval Systems Business unit from Alion on a cash and debt-free basis for USD225 million, or GBP173 million.
The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2019, will be funded via the share placing and a new debt facility up to GBP75 million.
Following the issue, Serco now has 1.22 billion shares issued overall.
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