Banco do Brasil announces $1.39 billion share offering, to be priced Oct. 17

Reuters

Published Oct 03, 2019 09:39AM ET

Banco do Brasil announces $1.39 billion share offering, to be priced Oct. 17

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - State-controlled Banco do Brasil SA (SA:BBAS3) announced on Thursday a 5.75 billion real ($1.39 billion) secondary share offering.

In a securities filing, the bank said it will sell up to 132.5 million common shares, owned by severance workers fund FGTS and the bank's treasury.

The offering will be managed by the investment banking units of Caixa Economica Federal, Banco do Brasil, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN) Group AG and XP Investimentos.