Hyatt Hotels To Raise $500M Via Equity Offering

Hyatt Hotels Corp H has priced the public offering of 7 million shares of its Class A common stock at $74.50 per share.
The offer price represents a 1.2% discount to Hyatt’s closing price on September 23, 2021.
The underwriters have a 30-day option to buy up to an additional 1.05 million shares.
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The company estimates that the net proceeds from the offering, after underwriting discount and estimated expenses, to be about $500 million or $575 million if the underwriters exercise their option in full.
The company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund a portion of the purchase price for its pending acquisition of Apple Leisure Group.
Price Action: H shares closed higher by 2.36% at $75.42 on Wednesday.