Techcombank Poised to Price $922 Million IPO at Top End

The bank and some existing investors are set to raise about 21 trillion dong ($922 million) in the deal, which would become the country’s biggest-ever initial equity offering, people with knowledge of the matter said Monday. Techcombank is planning to price the sale of 164.1 million shares at 128,000 dong each, the top end of a marketed range, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the details are private.
 

New records are being set every few months in Vietnam, which has been attracting interest from heavyweights like GIC Pte and Franklin Templeton Investments. It was only in Octoberwhen mall operator Vincom Retail JSC set the previous record, data compiled by Bloomberg show. It could soon be surpassed again by luxury developer Vinhomes JSC, which is gauging demand for an offering of as much as $2 billion, Bloomberg News reported last week.
 

Singapore sovereign fund GIC and Fidelity Investments agreed to participate in the Techcombank IPO as cornerstone investors, the deal terms showed earlier. Dragon Capital, Vietnam’s biggest fund manager by assets, and Capital Group Cos. also agreed to buy stock in the offering.
 

Techcombank, formally known as Vietnam Technological & Commercial Joint Stock Bank, initially offered its shares at 120,000 dong to 128,000 dong apiece. It aims to begin trading June 4, according to the terms. An external representative for Techcombank said she couldn’t immediately comment.
 

Morgan Stanley, Viet Capital Securities JSC and Deutsche Bank AG are arranging the offering.

By
Joyce Koh
With assistance by Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen
Bloomberg.com