The debut of dairy giant Fonterra 500 million New
Zealand dollar (US$412 million) Shareholders Fund
will loom large this week with the institutional
bookbuild underway and pricing expected to be set
Tuesday.
Fonterra, the world's largest dairy exporter, is
establishing a fund that will give outside
investors the opportunity to buy non-voting units
in the cooperative. Fonterra is owned by a club of
about 10,500 farmer shareholders. Investors will
gain access to a dividend as well as the company's
potential earnings growth, which is closely tied to
demand for dairy from China.