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April 27 (Reuters) - The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has sent companies scrambling to create a buffer to survive the crisis through capital raising.
Companies in Australia and New Zealand have largely turned to equity markets to boost liquidity and calm worries among investors and creditors. Regulators in both countries have also eased rules to help companies shore up capital. are some of the equity- and debt-raising initiatives, worth more than $11 billion, from listed companies in Australia and New Zealand:
EQUITY:
COMPANY
REUTERS
AMOUNT
SECTOR
INSTRUMENT
($1 = A$1.5620)
CODE
($1 = NZ$1.6369)
AUSTRALIA
National Australia Bank Ltd
A$3.5 billion*
Financials Ramsay Health Care Ltd
A$1.4 billion*
Healthcare Oil Search
A$1.16 billion
Oil and gas explorer QBE Insurance Group
$825 million*
Insurance Cochlear Ltd
A$930 million*
Healthcare Flight Centre Travel Group
A$700 million**
Travel NextDC Ltd
A$672 million
Data Centre operator Reece Ltd
A$600 million
Plumbing distributor Webjet Ltd
A$346 million**
Travel Metcash Ltd
A$330 million*
Grocery distributor G8 Education
A$301 million**
Education IDP Education Ltd
A$240 million*
Education Southern (NYSE:SO) Cross Media Group Ltd
A$169 million
Media oOh!media Ltd
A$167 million**
Advertising InvoCare Ltd
A$150 million
Funeral Services Centuria Industrial REIT
A$140 million*
REIT
AUSTRALIA TOTAL
$7.69 billion
NEW ZEALAND
Auckland Airport
NZ$1.2 billion*
Travel Kathmandu Holdings Ltd
NZ$207 million**
Retail
NEW ZEALAND TOTAL
$861.37 million
TOTAL ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$8.54 billion
Notes:
* Includes announced share purchase plan
** Retail component of offer still ongoing
DEBT:
COMPANY
REUTERS
AMOUNT
SECTOR
INSTRUMENT
($1 = A$1.5743)
CODE
($1 = NZ$1.6369)
AUSTRALIA
Qantas Airways
A$1.05 billion
Airline Crown Resorts
A$1.01 billion
Casinos Sydney Airport Holdings Ltd
A$850 million
Airport operator Stockland Corp
A$350 million
Property Viva Energy REIT
A$275 million
REIT Cochlear
A$250 million^
Healthcare National Storage REIT
A$225 million
Storage centre
operator Star Entertainment Group
A$200 million
Casinos Flight Centre Travel Group
A$200 million
Travel IDP Education Ltd
A$150 million
Education Super Retail Group
A$100 million
Retail
AUSTRALIA TOTAL
$2.96 billion
NEW ZEALAND
Spark New Zealand
NZ$150 million
Telecom
NEW ZEALAND TOTAL
$91.64 million
TOTAL ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$3.05 billion
Note:
^ Talks ongoing for portion of total
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