SYDNEY, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Australian packaging group Amcor
Ltd is poised to raise A$2.4 billion ($2 billion) to
fund its acquisition of Rio Tinto's Alcan
Packaging unit, the Australian Financial Review said on Monday.
The offer, to be brokered by UBS and Goldman Sachs JBWere, would consist of A$1.6 billion in equity and about A$800 million in debt, the paper said in an unsourced report.
($1=A$1.20)
(Reporting by Cecile Lefort)
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The offer, to be brokered by UBS and Goldman Sachs JBWere, would consist of A$1.6 billion in equity and about A$800 million in debt, the paper said in an unsourced report.
($1=A$1.20)
(Reporting by Cecile Lefort)
((cecile.lefort@reuters.com; +612-9373-1234; Reuters Messaging: cecile.lefort.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: AMCOR/ (If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.