Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Iberdrola Completes Share Sale, People Say; Aimed to Raise $4.7 Billion

(Bloomberg) -- Iberdrola SA, the world's largest
owner of wind-power parks, completed a share sale aimed at raising
3.5 billion euros ($4.7 billion) to pay for U.S. utility Energy
East Corp., two people with direct knowledge of the offering said.

The Spanish utility planned to sell 85 million new shares
through a so-called accelerated offering, the Bilbao-based power
producer said earlier today in an e-mailed statement. The people
declined to be identified before Iberdrola makes an announcement.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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