NewsBite

Bridget Carter

Strong demand for institutional PointsBet bookbuild

Bridget Carter
CEO Sam Swanell from Pointsbet. Picture: Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.
CEO Sam Swanell from Pointsbet. Picture: Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Online bookmaker PointsBet has cleared its Institutional Entitlement Offer Shortfall Bookbuild at $12.50 per share.

The book build closed on Tuesday at 3pm, with 4.8m shares on offer.

It attracted strong demand from existing shareholders and other sophisticated investors, according to a term sheet sent to fund managers.

The price Online bookmaker PointsBet represents a premium of $6 to the entitlement offer price of $6.50 per share.

It comes after PointsBet Holdings last week announced a $303m equity raising through Bell Potter, MST Financial and Moelis out of the United States.

The raise includes a fully underwritten 1 for 6.5 accelerated pro rata renounceable entitlement offer to secure $153.2m at $6.50 per share.

Eligible shareholders were to receive one new option for every 2 shares issued under the Entitlement Offer, exercisable at $13.00 and expiring on 30 September 2022.

The group also raised $200m through a placement at $11 per share, strongly supported by Australian and international existing and new shareholders, taking the total proceeds from the placement and entitlement offer to $353m.

Before the raising, PointsBet shares had closed at $13.69.

The proceeds were to be used for marketing and business development.

Bridget Carter
Bridget CarterDataRoom Editor

Bridget Carter has worked as a writer and editor for The Australian’s DataRoom column since it was launched in 2013, focusing on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and investment banking. She has been a journalist for more than 18 years, covering a broad range of events and topics, including high profile court cases and crimes, natural disasters, social issues and company news.

Add your comment to this story

To join the conversation, please Don't have an account? Register

Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout

Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/dataroom/strong-demand-for-institutional-pointsbet-bookbuild/news-story/6addc209337ba6278a3e87d6d11fc6eb