Tim Hortons 发行股票

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Tim may tap $580-mln
' i8 N6 H' G1 ?* b; u# Z6 x0 tAssociated Press
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DUBLIN, Ohio — Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc., which is owned by Wendy's International Inc., filed paperwork estimating it will offer 29-million shares in a price range of $18 to $20 (U.S.) per share in its upcoming initial public offering. 发行2千9百万股票，价格18-20美元，即将进入公开招股程序。
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Wendy's, based in Dublin, Ohio, will continue to own about 85 per cent, or around 160-million shares, of Tim Hortons' common stock after the IPO, according to a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wendy's stake could be reduced to about 83 per cent if the IPO's underwriters fully exercise an overallotment. Wendy's现时拥有Tim Hortons85%的权益，公开发行后，Wendy's的权益会降至83%

$ Q+ `5 ^& w4 O& R- H0 t, c7 oWendy's intends to spin off the remaining stake to its shareholders within nine to 18 months after the IPO, which is expected in March, according to the filing. Wendy's在Tim发行后9至18个月内会逐渐减持TIM的股票。

  A7 f" `: U3 e2 l* f% \Under the $20 share price estimate, the IPO could raise $580-million for Tim Hortons. Including the shares Wendy's will retain, the chain would have a market capitalization of up to $3.8-billion. 若以20发行，会为TIM筹得5亿8千万的资金，TIM的总市值达38亿
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Most of the money raised will be used to pay off debt Tim Hortons owes its parent company. 所筹资金主要用于支付欠母公司的债务。
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; c, f. H2 w% r) I5 zThe stock will trade under the symbol THI on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Tim Hortons has applied for the same symbol on the New York Stock Exchange.
会在多伦多、纽约证券交易所交易，交易代码THI
0 T, u: F; K- A2 O: Y) y+ {: pThe offering is being underwritten by Goldman Sachs, RBC Capital Markets Corp., JPMorgan Chase and Scotia Capital.股票由高盛、JP摩根等承销

' z' J& w8 _6 }2 y* LTim Hortons has made steady sales gains during a sluggish year for Wendy's, the nation's third-largest burger chain.
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7 I& `3 T! X, q6 f2 U% i* pTim Hortons had 2,885 stores in Canada and the United States as of Jan. 1 and recorded revenues of $1.2-billion last year, according to Wendy's latest earnings report.
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In a January offering of Chipotle Mexican Grill, owned by McDonald's Corp., nearly 7.9 million shares doubled in their first day of trading to close at $44.
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Burger King Holdings Inc. has announced plans to go public as well.