IPO Watch: Tesoro Launches at Premium (TSO, TLLP)
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) is indicated slightly higher this morning as its Tesoro Logistics LP (NYSE: TLLP) is raising more than expected in its partial spin-off initial public offering. Tesoro Logistics priced 13,000,000 common units at $21.00 per unit. The…
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After the IPO, the public will own 41.8% of the outstanding equity of Tesoro Logistics and Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) will own 58.2%. If the overallotment is exercised in full, then the public will own 48% and Tesoro Corporation will own 52% of the equity.
Citi, Wells Fargo, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Credit Suisse are the joint book-runners for this IPO; co-managers are Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Raymond James, and RBC Capital Markets. The underwriting group was given an overallotment option to purchase up to an additional 1,950,000 common units at the IPO price from Tesoro Logistics.
Tesoro Corporation shares are indicated up 1.1% at $27.45 versus a 52-week trading range of $10.40 to $28.74.
JON C. OGG
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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.
