The American subsidiary of Dutch Financial Services firm ING Group had priced its initial public offering at US$19.50 per share. This is below the forecasted price range between US$21 and US$24 per share.
Even with the lowered price, the transaction still was able to raise nearly US$1.27 billion after the firm increased the volume of shares offered to 65.2 million. This is the second largest market debut in the United States in 2013, the largest being the IPO of Zoetis, the animal health division of Pfizer worth US$2.2 billion according to Renaissance Capital.
The IPO value of the renamed business is worth about US$5 billion. The new brand would be known as Voya Financial.
ING offered the American arm to public shareholders as the company continues to trim down its assets in accordance with the 2008 bailout terms set by the Dutch government. It had already sold off another US based asset, ING Direct USA, its online banking arm to Capital One Financials for the tidy sum of US$9 billion.
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